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2009-08-18
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At a certain part in your life. Probably when too much of it has gone by. You will open your eyes and see yourself for who you are. Especially for everything that made you so different from all the awful normals. And you will say to yourself, “But I am this person.” And in that statement, that correction, there will be a kind of love.
— Miss Dodger [Phoebe in Wonderland] via Alex
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You can’t stop being who you are because you’re afraid.
— Carrie [SATC The Movie]
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anouk - three days in a row
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Never allow someone to be your priority, while allowing yourself to be their option.
— Mark Twain
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photo by coffee sause
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For men, women aren’t some remote species to be studied from afar, like orang-utans. You’re our mothers, wives, sisters, mistresses, daughters, friends. We don’t just love you; we don’t just want you; we need you. And there’s enough danger in the world without you adding to it by not eating properly.
— excerpt from ‘Critical Mass’ by Alex Bilmes [Britsch Vogue, nov 2007]
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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
— Rodin
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photo by danny
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Forty-five thoughts for my daughter and my virtual daughters
i always believed if i had blond hair, pixie face
big breasts
everything would be all right
not realizing that culturally idolized beauty
is not only foolproof
but potentially dangerousif you believe in your own unconventional beauty
when you are young
you will accomplish twice as much and suffer half soturn off lightbulbs and light a candle
walk don’t drive
plant a tree
wear sunscreen
dancing is an antidepressant
kindness is the new status symbol
every day please try to eat something green
and something orange
that grow out of the groundtell me how mad you are
that your father and i parted
i will always listen
though i can’t ever take away the painexpectations are for what you yourself create
they rarely work when applied to others
turn off the television
tv is a depressant
yoga is an antidepressant
don’t feel guilty about wanting pretty things
they would not be so alluring
if you weren’t supposed to want them
just don’t value them over compassionuse your words even when you are a grown-up
and people no longer think it is entirely acceptable
when you say, that hurt my feelingsif you can digest chocolate eat it sometimes
same goes for ice cream
(i don’t really need to tell you those things do i?)do your homework because it is part of the game but
don’t spend too much time worrying about grades
fall in love with someone kind who loves your body
and your mindif you have a dream that won’t let you go, that
tickles your solar plexus, heed itturn dark feelings into paintings or poetry
or dancingmusic is a kind of food
if you are sad talk to a happy woman who loves you
it will always helpmove your body when you are sad or angry
avoid the following:
genetically modified ingredients
parabens
sodium lauryl sulfate
mercury in certain fish
neurotic thoughts about food
(is that a contradiction?)love your curls though they tangle
your pale skin though it can burn in the sun
your nose though it is broader than some
your sturdy legs and feetforget barbie she does not possess imagination
remember you are a botticelli angel
the planet we live on is perfection
love her like a goddess
love yourself as her daughter
there is a planet full of different kinds of beauty
the idea that only one type of woman is beautiful
is blasphemyof everything i brought to the world in these
forty-five years
you and your brother are by far the most astoundingbecause of this i will always love your father
matter never vanishes, only changes
remember that when someone you love dies
your round head on my breast when you were born
is the memory
i will keep with me when i leave this bodywhen i am gone i will still be near you
this is how i know: when you were born
it was not a meeting
but a reunion[via iCiNG]
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photo by laurennicolelove
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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
— George Bernard Shaw
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photo by danske
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To you
“To sit and dream, to sit and read, to sit and learn about the world
Outside our world of here and now-
Our problem world-
To dream of vast horizons of the soul
Through dreams made whole,
Unfettered, free- help me!
All you who are dreams too,
Help me to make
Our world anew
I reach out my dreams to you.”
- Langston Hughes
