February 2012
33 posts
Words to keep inside your pocket:
Quiescent - a quiet, soft-spoken soul.
Chimerical - merely imaginary; fanciful.
Susurrus - a whispering or rustling sound.
Raconteur - one who excels in story-telling.
Clinquant - glittering; tinsel-like.
Aubade - a song greeting the dawn.
Ephemeral - lasting a very short time.
Sempiternal - everlasting; eternal.
Euphonious - pleasing; sweet in...
“Beauty is not compatible with modern life. So this is the last time I’ll deal...”
– Gustave Flaubert, from a letter to Madame Roger des Genettes, December 1864 (via proustitute)
“I like mainly to be invisible, to sort of drift around unseen in the world.”
– Anne Rice (via misswallflower)
