charlotte's wen

Richard Wilbur: "Junk."

"A man cannot help being intelligent, but he can easily help becoming intellectual." --Jacques Barzun

"...no one was surprised."

Aelindrome: Add, O goad, mad Ogdoad.

"My old redwood Victorian was built in 1867 and lived through being a brothel, a halfway house, a Hell’s Angels den, and a witch coven. It had a ghost and a ton of history. I don’t think it was possible to childproof that house. In fact, I don’t think Vallejo will ever be child-safe. I moved my daughter out of the town before her second birthday."

(via dailykos)