Inspirations


 I don’t have a specific theme or message behind this post, it’s just a collection of some songs and quotations that inspire me and some pictures I like. Two of the pictures are from postsecret and I've added links to youtube for the songs.





‘We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars’ Oscar Wilde

‘Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?’ Henry James

‘Death is one moment, and life is so many of them’ Tennessee Williams

‘You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'’George Bernard Shaw

 'To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication' Marlon Brando

 ‘I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can’t touch with decay’ Bob Dylan

‘I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not’ Kurt Cobain 








 






To Build A Home by The Cinematic Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhHKfSFGdUI

For The Widows in Paradise, For The Fatherless in Ypsilanti by Sufjan Stevens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59BRCOiQVKI

Failure by Laura Marling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ_wSJ238EI

Re:stacks by Bon Iver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhDnyPsQsB0

New York, I love You But You're Bringing Me Down by LCD Soundsytem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cljD6plvAhc&feature=related

Rivers and Roads by The Head and The Heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2J-0EtsCpo

I’ll Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab for Cutie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfNVfiqKBeM







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