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"I hope that someday, somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and that’s all they do. They don’t pull away. They don’t look at your face. They don’t try to kiss you. All they do is wrap you up in their arms, without an ounce of selfishness in it."

— Jenna, Waitress

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geometrydaily:

#462 Smaug – A new minimal geometric composition each day

#462 Smaug – A new minimal geometric composition each day

floricanto-desnuda:

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.”
—Arundhati Roy

floricanto-desnuda:

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.”

—Arundhati Roy

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"There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally."

— Don Miguel Ruiz

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"Self-care includes holding each other accountable because we are interconnected. Loving ourselves includes learning how not to harm each other. Loving ourselves includes disrupting violent patterns in our homes and community-building spaces."

— Alexis Pauline Gumbs, quoted by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha in a transformative justice workshop at Hampshire earlier this year.

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sisoyak:

Siva and Parvati on a Terrace [18th century]
Image: The Guardian

Siva and Parvati on a Terrace [18th century]

Image: The Guardian

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two-browngirls:

KONKONA SEN SHARMA

YOU SO BEAUTIFUL.

- S

"Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough."

— Richard P. Feynman

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"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."

— Jack Kerouac, the Dharma Bums

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"A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything."

— Irish proverb

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"‎’Slut’ is attacking women for their right to say yes. ‘Friend Zone’ is attacking women for their right to say no."

— And “bitch” is attacking women for their right to call you on it

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thalamtnafsee:

beautiful

beautiful

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