(via playinghurt)
Your hand, the keyboard;
your sweet face, the monitor;
you, a world away.
Random Haiku by Jaia Yap (via filipinonosebleed)
1 year ago - 
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I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
— Julius Caesar
G.J. Caesar Bust Altes Museum, Berlin
“By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight… Second: Circumspection… Third: Caution… And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources”
— Benjamin Franklin
