January 2012
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“There are benefits of a hazy memory.
I can’t be broken by it, if I can’t...”
– Narcissa De Lesque (via narcissa-de-lesque)
Where there’s genuine affection, there is no fear. And where there’s no fear, nothing, and no one, is ever truly lost. You are, and will always be, extraordinary in my eyes.
At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily.
— Flannery O’Connor
“Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.”
– Immanuel Kant
Novels
A sequel of sorts to the recommended pieces of music. Bulgakov, Dostoyevsky, and Faulkner lead the charge on this one.
Bely
Petersburg
Buechner
Godric
Bulgakov
the Master and Margarita
Camus
the Stranger
Cavillo
If on a winter’s night a traveler …
Conrad
Heart of Darkness
Lord Jim
di Lampedusa
the Leopard
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Recommended pieces of music
As requested, here are some of my favorite pieces of classical music. There are undoubtedly a lot of great pieces and composers I’ve left out; but these are the pieces that move me the most, that I listen to quite frequently. My absolute favorite is Beethoven’s 7th (the Kleiber/Vienna philharmonic version is the most amazing), followed by Rachmaninov’s 2nd piano concerto...
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WatchSo a friend was asking for recommendations about classical music. While I put together a list of the pieces I personally enjoy, I figured I’d share this awesome video. It’s a tremendous mini-lecture about classical music and how one can appreciate it. As good a place as any to start becoming acquainted with this particular art form.
At the very least, maybe it’ll help you...
manwithoutborders:
Massenet - Meditation from...
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“Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you...”
– Yo-Yo Ma (via saccharinenostalgia)
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“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his...”
– —- Fyodor Dostoyesvsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via randomglory)
One of my favorite novels by my favorite Russian writer.
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December 2011
79 posts
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sentosamamama:
dream a little dream of me -...
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?”
– Ernest Hemingway (via moldavia)
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