Malwina Gudowska

"Life on Earth is quite a bargain. Dreams, for one, don’t charge admission. Illusions are costly only..."

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:26:00 -0400

“Life on Earth is quite a bargain.
Dreams, for one, don’t charge admission.
Illusions are costly only when lost.
The body has its own instalment plan.”

- Wislawa Szymborska

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Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:45:34 -0400

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Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:36:44 -0500

"The writer Julian Barnes, considering mourning, once said, “It hurts just as much as it is worth.”..."

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:57:35 -0500

“The writer Julian Barnes, considering mourning, once said, “It hurts just as much as it is worth.” In fact, it was a friend of his who wrote the line in a letter of condolence, and Julian told it to my husband, who told it to me. For months afterward these words stuck with both of us, so clear and so brutal. It hurts just as much as it is worth. What an arrangement. Why would anyone accept such a crazy deal? Surely if we were sane and reasonable we would every time choose a pleasure over a joy, as animals themselves sensibly do. The end of a pleasure brings no great harm to anyone, after all, and can always be replaced with another of more or less equal worth.”

- Zadie Smith

Steph and Freddie pre-match pep talk.

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:06:41 -0500

Steph and Freddie pre-match pep talk.

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Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:31:11 -0400

Paris. (Taken with Instagram)

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:15:31 -0400

Paris. (Taken with Instagram)

Paris (Taken with Instagram)

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:15:08 -0400

Paris (Taken with Instagram)

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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:56:58 -0400

"If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders"

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:15:15 -0400

“If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders”

- Bernard Byer (via dknyprgirl)

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Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:34:38 -0400

kyrakendall: it’s high / low sportsfan style. Almost something...

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:33:08 -0400

kyrakendall:

it’s high / low sportsfan style. Almost something that Game of Style would be into.

Krakow, Instagrammed.

Sun, 27 May 2012 15:06:00 -0400

Finally, my name on something.

Sugar pack translation: sweet pleasure.

Sontag's essays in Polish

Krakow, Instagrammed.

WHEN SOMEONE SAYS TABLETS WILL SAVE JOURNALISM

Sun, 27 May 2012 15:04:13 -0400

editorrealtalk:

"Instead of worrying that you’re just gonna fall apart without a job, give yourself a chance to be..."

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:02:52 -0400

“Instead of worrying that you’re just gonna fall apart without a job, give yourself a chance to be yourself without feeling identified to a job. And then new things come your way.”

- Stacy London (via Media Beats)

"Ironically, Rogers announced an increased commitment to female consumers just weeks ago— clearly a..."

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:20:56 -0400

“Ironically, Rogers announced an increased commitment to female consumers just weeks ago— clearly a Rick Santorum-like commitment to women that doesn’t include choice or supporting young women in the workplace. The number of unemployed female journalists in this city just shot up big time. The competition for those (most of us) who freelance just got that much more intense. Readers in search of female-orientated content will be herded like sheep to whatever sites Rogers deems most profitable, regardless of their preference for Sweetspot.”

- That’s Canadian writer Sabrina Maddeaux putting the boots to Rogers Media over its decision to shutter a slew of (successful) websites this week, including category leader Sweetspot.ca. (via craigsilverman)

"So much about having a manuscript accepted is just out of your hands: the blood sugar level of a..."

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:53:33 -0400

“So much about having a manuscript accepted is just out of your hands: the blood sugar level of a reader, the slant of light across a page, some personal event in an editor’s life that connects them profoundly with something you’ve written on page three.”

- Lorrie Moore, The Art of Fiction No. 167

I fear the same is true with magazine pitches.

"For surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure..."

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:38:52 -0400

“For surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure a place, a person, a situation, in all its specificity and dimensions. To affect us and alter us, as profoundly as real people and things do.”

- Jhumpa Lahiri “My Life’s Sentences”

Leather peplum please. From top left: Bally, Etro, Piazza...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:45:00 -0500

Leather peplum please.

From top left: Bally, Etro, Piazza Sempione, Haider Ackermann, all fall 2012 from Style.com

Pretty. Clockwise from top: Stella McCartney, Topshop Unique,...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:11:00 -0500

Pretty.

Clockwise from top: Stella McCartney, Topshop Unique, Burberry and Rag and Bone (fall 2011).