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"Hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight... or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight, or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman, or if I'm gettin' paid - mostly only when I'm gettin' paid." - Jayne, Firefly

"I am like a being thrown from another planet on this dark terrestrial ball, an alien, a pilgrim among its possessors." - Thomas Carlyle

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alexithymia television (tv shows)
gideon books (2024)
a ~ books (braindump)
notes (favourites 2024)
notes (solo date inspo & things to do alone)
  • ya’aburnee, of Arabic origin, meaning “you bury me”. It is used to express the hope that one will die before another person as it would be difficult to live without them.
  • saudade, of Portuguese origin, referring to the feeling of longing for someone or something loved, but also lost.
  • mamihlapinatapai, Yagan (of Tierra del Fuego), used to describe the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start.
  • cafuné, Brazilian Portuguese, tenderly running your fingers through someone’s hair.
  • wabi-sabi, Japanese. “A way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.”
  • duende, Spanish, the mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person.
  • tartle, – The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name.
  • virago (Old English) - A relentlessly scolding woman with a loud voice. A fearless, aggressive woman.
  • Épater les bourgeois (French) - To deliberately shock people who have conventional values. Literally “to amaze the middle class”.
  • l’appel du vide - (French) “The call of the void” is this French expression’s literal translation, but more significantly it’s used to describe the instinctive urge to jump from high places.
  • tingo (Pascuense, Easter Island) – “the act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them.”
  • taarradhin - Arabic. It implies a happy solution for everyone, an "I win, you win." It's a way of resolving a problem without anyone losing face.
  • esprit de I'escalier - "one only thinks on one's way downstairs of the smart retort one might have made in the drawing room."
  • épater les bourgeois - "to shock the middle class"
  • jayus - someone who tells a joke so unfunny that you can't help but laugh
oct 12 2011 ∞
may 4 2012 +