February 2012
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Dwelling by Li-Young Lee
whenwetalkaboutlove:
Dwelling As though touching her might make him known to himself, as though his hand moving over her body might find who he is, as though he lay inside her, a country his hand’s traveling uncovered, as though such a country arose continually up out of her to meet his hand’s setting forth and setting forth. And the places on her body have no names. And she is what’s...
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“Craft your real work. Build that hut of warmth and knowing. Pull your energy...”
– Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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Footsteps In The Dark - Isley Brothers
“Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via slothgrrl)
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“How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...”
– Victor Hugo, French poet, playwright, novelist, et al
“Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.”
– Siddhārtha Gautama (via sydshine)
“She wore her sexuality with an older woman’s ease, and not like an awkward...”
– Zadie Smith (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)
“I want to express my being as fully as I can because I somewhere picked up the...”
– Sylvia Plath (via mutualaddiction)
would you rather be right or kind ?
But how many times have we tried so hard to be right, only to end to up in a disaster? This has happened in my life many, many times. The game I play of being right serves me at times, it makes me a fantastic mentor, writer and boyfriend. AND - at the same time, that game has a dark side that manifests itself as jealously, righteousness, and stubbornness and instead of Loving people, it pushes...
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“To what will you look for help, if you will not look to that which is stronger...”
– C.S. Lewis (via elliefredricksen)
