February 2012
136 posts
Bizarre Victorian Fact of the day...
Up until the late 19th century barbers also acted as back-street surgeons. People with little money who were in need of treatment would go to the barber who would perform operations including tooth extraction and amputations. The symbol of the red and white striped pole which marks a barber shop is a reference to this forgotten aspect of their trade - it represents a bone wrapped in blood-soaked...
lypophrenia: a feeling of sadness seemingly without a cause
drapetomania: an overwhelming urge to run away
escapism: a mental desire to retreat from unpleasant realities through fantasy
wanderlust: a desire to travel, to understand one’s very existence
dysania: the state of finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning
sanctuary: a small safe place in a troubling world
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“For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth...”
– Ecclesiastes 1:16 - 1:18
“The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today.”
– Alexander McQueen
“I automatically assume people won’t like me, so I don’t talk to them unless they...”
– Stephanie Kuehnert
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Same-sex marriage is legal in Maryland now :)
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and...”
– Sylvia Plath
“She belonged with the wolf pack, the mountains, and the night.”
– Dark Desire, Christine Feehan (via aprilethereal)
“And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact...”
– The Perks of Being A Wallflower
“They’ve promised us that dreams come true - but forgot that nightmares are...”
– Oscar Wilde
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via amandadarling)
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