Lyricism.
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The Milky Way and Storms over Africa
view from ISS, 2011-12-29 (over central Africa to Madagascar)
I’ve always wondered if fireworks can be seen from space. These storms are what I imagined.
(Source: eol.jsc.nasa.gov, via superpunch2)
Sadness so gentle it lifts my spirits.
Solar system-themed chocolates, called “Wakusei Shokora” (Planet Chocolates) come from the chocolate shop in Rihga Royal hotel in Kita-ku, Osaka. Each chocolate is priced at 400 yen, and a box of eight is available for 3,200 yen.
Whoa now.
(via superpunch2)
A Word on Statistics
Out of every hundred people,
those who always know better:
fifty-two.
Unsure of every step:
almost all the rest.
Ready to help,
if it doesn’t take long:
forty-nine.
Always good,
because they cannot be otherwise:
four — well, maybe five.
Able to admire without envy:
eighteen.
Led to error
by youth (which passes):
sixty, plus or minus.
Those not to be messed with:
four-and-forty.
Living in constant fear
of someone or something:
seventy-seven.
Capable of happiness:
twenty-some-odd at most.
Harmless alone,
turning savage in crowds:
more than half, for sure.
Cruel
when forced by circumstances:
it’s better not to know,
not even approximately.
Wise in hindsight:
not many more
than wise in foresight.
Getting nothing out of life except things:
thirty
(though I would like to be wrong).
Balled up in pain
and without a flashlight in the dark:
eighty-three, sooner or later.
Those who are just:
quite a few, thirty-five.
But if it takes effort to understand:
three.
Worthy of empathy:
ninety-nine.
Mortal:
one hundred out of one hundred—
a figure that has never varied yet.
- Wislawa Szymborska
(translated from Polish by Joanna Trzeciak)
