April 2012
9 posts
pamelavillarreal:
Cada cual a su manera, todos parecían felices. ¿Lo eran en realidad? En cualquier caso, aquel plácido mediodía de finales de septiembre, la gente se veía contenta y eso me hizo sentir aún más solo que de costumbre. Porque yo era el único que no pertenecía a ese cuadro.
Tokio Blues, Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
libraryland:
Stick Boy liked Match Girl, He liked her a lot. He liked her cute figure, he thought she was hot. But could a flame ever burn for a match and a stick? It did quite literally; he burned up quick.
—Tim Burton
March 2012
42 posts
Ricardo Piglia. Tesis sobre el cuento.
nalgasylibros:
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En uno de sus cuadernos de notas, Chejov registró esta anécdota: “Un hombre, en Montecarlo, va al casino, gana un millón, vuelve a casa, se suicida”. La forma clásica del cuento está condensada en el núcleo de ese relato futuro y no escrito.
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“We have very primitive emotions. It’s impossible not to be competitive. Spoils...”
– Ernest Hemingway, Green Hills Of Africa (via libraryland)
“Growing up, my parents had a few different sets of reference books: a children’s...”
– Wired’s Tim Carmodyon the difference between the appearance of knowledge and knowledge itself, and what really killed Encyclopedia Britannica.
To that end, what are we to make of “coffeetable tweets” and “coffeetable Tumbles,” content reteweted and reblogged and otherwise passed around for...
“The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via nedhepburn)
Star Fox 64 | Select
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via thesteppenwolfe)
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via excessivebookshelf)
20 tips and resources for using learning... →
world-shaker:
I was surprised by the quality and depth with this one. Here’s an excerpt:
Blended learning should transform learning, not just replicate teaching: Companies want graduates who can source, filter and use existing knowledge to create new knowledge, and the university is key to equipping students with these skills. Yet we seldom see technology tools being used in radically new ways...
“Deep rivers run quiet.”
– Haruki Murakami, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (via wordswrittenoff)
“I never really understood the word ‘loneliness’. As far as I was concerned, I...”
– Bjork (via mysticsoul)
Final Fantasy VII || Flowers Blooming in the...
