Studies have shown that humans are terrible at recognizing flirtatious behavior in other humans. We’re even worse at recognizing it in aliens.
Alai Ganuza, Pink Bathroom Oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm
Justin Chung
Simone de Beauvoir, from a diary entry featured in Diary of a Philosophy Student
Big Hanuman instalation at Vijaya Keeladri Divya temple, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
please be nice to me, i'm in my twenties. do you know what that does to a person
“I sit at home, not sad, not happy, not myself, or anyone else.”
— Mahmoud Darwish, from I Sit at Home; Almond Blossoms and Beyond (tr. by Mohammad Shaheen)
Finished my book last night so I guess I’ll just stare longingly at my bookshelf until god reveals my next book to read to me through divine revelation
“The dawning daybreak strews its roses.”
— Théophile Gautier, from The Cloud; Enamels and Cameos: Poems (tr. by Norman Shapiro), 1852
I may be a tiny speck of light In the cosmos.But I was not without purpose.
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