Carl's Little Stillfugue

How to Stay Sane!
(If it’s not too late!)

Sit in sun. Sun goes behind cloud. Look at watch. Notice that second-hand does not always point directly at little marks on dial. Sometimes it does, though. Then sometimes it doesn’t. Why? Feel panic at how quickly life slips by. Get to work.

—NICHOLSON BAKER

The most beautiful bodies are like transparent glass.

—Czesław Miłosz, from “Hymn,” unknown translation (via)

(Source: proustitute)

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

—Winston Churchill