January262012
“Assumptions are the death of a relationship. If you think you know what’s going on inside someone else’s head, think again. We imagine that love gives us the power to read one another’s mind, when all we are really doing is reading our own. It’s a great self-defense mechanism but no substitute for actual communication. The very best way to know what’s really on someone’s mind is also the riskiest: you have to ask them.”
Tonya Hurley(Source: venebelle, via surrendertoone)
December202011
“There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
December182011
“After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?”
Russell Hoban(Source: mythologyofblue, via oniverse)
8AM
marilynmonrowyourboat asked: I always want to send you something to tell you how beautiful a soul I think you are, but I'm not nearly as well spoken as you. How much you inspire me, and how much your words open my mind when Im trapped in fogs...You're just one of the most lovely souls on earth.
You know, I’m not nearly as well spoken as you think I am. I’m terrible at verbally communicating with people about anything that holds any real meaning or interest to me. I get so distracted by my intense thoughts, my running commentary of the outside world from inside.. And I can never finish off my sentences. I think Elf is the only person I know who can finish them off for me, and even then, rarely.. Conversation is infinite and abstract. Structure and direction lose me. I think you’re placing me inaccurately high on a pedestal here, but I appreciate your love and good intentions all the same. Thank you so much. You’re lovely, lovely, lovely.. I hope the fog never finds you again. Peace.
December52011
Anonymous asked: Hey Sly, can you speak Japanese?
Holla, I wish! I somehow still understand it though.
November302011
“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.”
Thich Nhat Hanh(Source: pigcharmer, via infinitegrowth)
November212011
I wish Google Translate actually fucking worked. I’m trying to stalk what my Thai friends are saying on Facebook, but it’s not making any sense. I’m not even getting a hint of what they mean.
October302011
“Poetry is not what words say but what is said between them, that which appears fleetingly in pauses and silences.”
Octavio Paz(Source: ahuntersheart, via moccasingrooves)
September272011
“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”
Natsume Sōseki(Source: banklikelindsey, via moreofamore)
September142011
Anonymous asked: hi sly! do you have a twitter? i love your blog and would love to hear more from you.
Thank you, darling. Yes, I do! https://twitter.com/#!/slychedelic
September42011
“I don’t know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.”
Jeanette Winterson(Source: fragilethought, via sarah-today)
July192011
“If what I say resonates with you, it is merely because we are both branches on the same tree.”
W. B. Yeats(Source: beautifulurself, via fernsandmoss)
