"Never console yourself into believing that the terror has passed, for it looms as large and evil today as it did in the despicable era of Bedlam. But I must relate the horrors as I recall them, in the hope that some force for mankind might be moved to relieve forever the unfortunate creatures who are still imprisoned in the back wards of decaying institutions."
Frances Farmer on past experience as a mental patient. She was involuntarily committed to a mental hospital. (via jjarichardson)
| Stephen Fry: | Can we settle an important question? |
| JK Rowling: | Yes. |
| Stephen Fry: | How do you pronounce your last name? |
| JK Rowling: | It is Row-ling. As in rolling pin. |
| Stephen Fry: | So if any of you hear someone pronounce her name “Rohw-ling”, you have my permission to hit them over the head with — not with Order of the Phoenix, that would be cruel. Something smaller, like a fridge. |
"School didn’t prepare us for this. Public education is a relic of the Industrial Age, meant to turn boys and girls into the men and women who would stock the factories and keep progress thrumming along. Factories had little use for creativity or independent thinking. What resulted is a system that drummed the creativity out of most of us: that prizes conformity, linear thinking and standardized testing. We learned how to get the grades we needed. We learned to please. We learned to fear anything that smacked of failure or potential social embarrassment. We learned how to hide our authentic selves so well that some of us lost them altogether."
"Je ne suis pas sage, je suis très cruelle, mais aucun homme n’enrage parce que je suis très belle."
"Reality gives me asthma."
"Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty. Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. there is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there."
“In an entertainment world where women are disappearing from multiplexes, where men bulk up as superheroes while women don’t eat but sip pink drinks, we need to remember that there was once a very short heroine who hunted monsters and talked about Einstein, who kicked ass and questioned her faith, who went to work with a man she loved but didn’t rip his shirt off over lunch, who didn’t want to believe, but opened herself nonetheless to possibility. We need Scully back, even for a moment.”
(Source: ferris-wheels, via formerlythequietworld)
"This is the story of one of those pretty creatures who lived on the quicksands of popularity - Marguerite Gautier, who brightened her wit with champagne - and sometimes her eyes with tears."
Excerpt from George Cukor’s film, “Camille,” starring actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990) and Robert Taylor (1911-1969), 1936. (via historiful)
"Moses standing on the Shore, and extending his Hand over the Sea, thereby causing the same to overwhelm Pharaoh who is sitting in an open Chariot, a Crown on his Head and a Sword in his Hand. Rays from a Pillar of Fire in the Clouds reaching to Moses, to express that he acts by Command of the Deity. Motto: Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God."
Benjamin Frankin’s proposal to the first committee of the Great Seal. (via simonf)
(via davethebrave)
House of Mind: List: Interesting Psychiatric Terms →
- Abulia or aboulia: In neurology, refers to a lack of will or initiative. Thus, the patient is unable to act or make decisions independently
- Akataphasia (Kraepelin 1896): disorder of thought expression in speech and results due to dissolution of logical order of trains of thought.
- Alogia:…
What Decade Fits Your Personality Best? — 1930’s
My Result: 1930’s
You are strong and determined and have what it takes to get through life’s storms. You are very helpful to those around you — be it your friends, your family, or even a neighbor in need. You are a great leader and strong-willed person, and take challenges as a way to better yourself. But you also have a deep sense of warmth and nurturing for those you care about. You are well-rounded and tough because you have to be. You aren’t a “diva” but rather a humble person with admirable character. With more hard-working, quality like you, this world would be a much better place. By being able to turn a little into a lot, you know how to make life enjoyable even if it’s just through the little things.
(Source: callmepip)
