May 2013
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Being born a woman is an awful tragedy. Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with...
– Sylvia Plath (via the59thstreetbridge)
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Your daughter’s face is a small riot,
her hands are a civil war,
a refugee...
– Warsan Shire, from “Ugly” (via the-final-sentence)
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But, primates aren’t the only ones with feelings. It seems that mice have...
– “Can You Strengthen the Empathy Muscle?” by Dr. Deborah Khoshaba
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.
– Anna Akhmatova, You Will Hear Thunder, trans. D. M. Thomas (via proustitute)
rébarbatif: Anxiety | Frank O'Hara →
I’m having a real day of it.
There was something I had to do. But what? There are no alternatives, just the one something. I have a drink, it doesn’t help - far from it! I feel worse. I can’t remember how I felt, so perhaps I feel better. No, Just a little darker. If I could...
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so tired/hungry/need to do dishes which do I fix mahh
A burst of momentum, squashed. The morning ended up on the floor.
– John Tottenham (via nevver)
Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods,...
– Henry David Thoreau (via gloomytreehouse)
We tend to think animals are lower than us, but all the scientists in the world...
– Stuart Wilde (via sharkg0ddess)
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the problem with making brownies is that you eat them
Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t...
– Albert Camus, from Notebooks, 1951-1959 (via violentwavesofemotion)
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nelephant replied to your post:
things to do soon
bread book, like baking? yup! I’ve made a few loaves but they keep turning out dense - the internet said that means I’m not kneading it enough, but I want to get a book about the science of bread so I know for sure
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things to do soon
deep clean the kitchen
deep clean the bathrooms
take off your nail polish, jeesus
go to the library for a bread book
I had a dream I was a terrible person
which may not be so far off
time to make nice
dissolve yourself, me, everything
Into this relief of your strange music
– Ted Hughes (via uutpoetry)
In the end there doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. There just has...
– Robert Brault (via reticence-)
First of all, the whole entire world is critical of the way women look. Whether...
– Miss Representation » Blog Archive » Women Are Not Their Own Worst Beauty Critics (via goforthandagitate)
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the best remedy for life is taking yourself on a date