July 2012
Black guy kills some people.
Society: Criminal.
Muslim guy kills some people.
Society: Terrorist.
Latino guy kills some people.
Society: Criminal.
White guy kills some people.
Society: Mental illness. (lost soul, complicated psyche, quiet loner, misunderstood, frustrated with life, experienced recent, traumatic, life-altering events that set him off; not to mention all the positive descriptors that are attached to him, i.e. intelligent, PhD candidate, honor roll student, etc.)
“My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.”
– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via marsandmoon)
“Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.”
– Miyamoto Musashi (via stellablu)
“Darling, all night
I have been flickering, off, on, off, on.”
– Sylvia Plath, from “Fever 103°” (via lydianea)
