"The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity — it’s envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud."

- Yann Martel, Life of Pi (via heywardamneagle)

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"If you’re in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark."

- Haruki Murakami, ”Norwegian Wood” (via pigmenting)

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Martha Piper Plaza (2013), University of British Columbia, Vancouver

This water fountain is a part of the 45 million dollar “Public Realm” project, which aims to improve campus scenery and roads for social campus life.

“The former UBC president was honoured on June 14 at the opening of the plaza that bears her name.” - UBC

Photographed by Roger Rizzo and Stephen Zopf

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