I carry silent baggage. I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I only pack myself a little differently.
—Herta Müller, The Hunger Angel (via yesyes)
Glory.
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Fuck yeah, otters.
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Hair
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Dr. Samuel “Sammy” Lee, 91, was the first Asian-American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S. at the 1948 London games, and the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic platform diving.
Olympic medalists from the 1948 games in London remember their experiences in the post-war ‘austerity’ Olympics. Even with a tiny budget and a war-worn country, the athletes managed to have a good time.
See more photos here.
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burn upon reentry
n. the bitter sadness of having no new messages after having been out of contact for a while, which indicates that although society often receives you in massive sustained doses, its withdrawal symptoms are relatively mild, or even kinda refreshing.
fata organa
n. a flash of real emotion glimpsed in someone sitting across the room, idly locked in the middle of some group conversation, their eyes glinting with vulnerability or quiet anticipation or cosmic boredom—as if you could see backstage through a gap in the curtains, watching stagehands holding their ropes at the ready, actors in costume mouthing their lines, fragments of bizarre sets waiting for some other production.
Epke Zonderland won gold in Men’s Horizontal Bar final
Beautiful, Dutch, babies.
His body is a Zonderland.
Okay, I’m done now.
(Source: olympicsdaily)
