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[lionofchaeronea]

Hark, the sea is silent, the breezes silent too: The pain within my breast, though--it will not be stilled. ἠνίδε σιγῇ μὲν πόντος, σιγῶντι δ᾽ ἀῆται: ἁ δ᾽ ἐμὰ οὐ σιγῇ στέρνων ἔντοσθεν ἀνία --Theocritus, Idyll 2.38-39

[theoccultmentor]

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are

- Carl Jung

[y2kaee]

"You become what you give your attention to."

Epictetus

[lionofchaeronea]

Human beings exist for the sake of one another: so, either teach them or endure them. Οἱ ἄνθρωποι γεγόνασιν ἀλλήλων ἕνεκεν: ἢ δίδασκε οὖν ἢ φέρε. --Marcus Aurelius, Meditations VIII.59

[lionofchaeronea]

For neither the blaze-colored fox nor mighty-roaring lions change their inborn character. τὸ γὰρ \ ἐμφυὲς οὔτ᾽ αἴθων ἀλώπηξ \ οὔτ᾽ ἐρίβρομοι λέοντες διαλλάξαντο ἦθος. -Pindar, Olympian Ode 11.19-21

[thepursuitofunderstanding]

We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgment about them.

Epictetus

[mysterieuxclairdelune]

I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.

-Sylvia Plath

[weltenwellen]

Ruth Awad, from “Let me be a lamb in a world that wants my lion”

[peaceinthestorm]

John Simmons (1823-1876, British) ~ Portrait of a Girl Holding a Lily, n/d

[dolcesostenuto]

Swan Grotto | Arnold Böcklin

[brunetteg1rl]

mary oliver, upstream

[reasonsforstaying]

when ocean vuong said "this mess i made i made with love" and raymond carver said "would i live my life over again? make the same unforgivable mistakes? yes, given half the chance. yes" and you realize that the imperfection is what makes your life what it is. iain reid said "everything's both ethereal and clunky" and virginia woolf said "the beauty of the world which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder" and it is really a blessing to live on the light and the dark and have everything meet in the middle. and sometimes it's night and it's raining so hard and it's getting worse and worse and you wonder if it's really worth it to stay. but then in the morning the sun rises and there's a rainbow and it's so quiet. and the sky lives for no one but itself and the birds are singing and you are experiencing something so lovely and mary oliver was right to say "it is a serious thing to just be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world" and you are learning how to live.

[hermajestyimher]

Repeat after me:

I am the woman of my own dreams. I require no validation. My wish is my command. My life is my own, I build it. My voice is my own, I let it be heard. I am relentless in my dedication to trusting myself. I am insatiable in my thirst for the extraordinary, and I do not settle for the mediocre.

[hathor77]

Breathtaking, Captivating,Stunning, Sublime, Alluring, Seductive, Glamorous, Tantalizing, Decadent, Assertive, Demanding, Spoiled, Pampered, Divine, Sexy, High-class, Flawless, Amazing, Confident, Superior, Intelligent, Adorable, Provacative, Powerful, Greedy, Materialistic, , Overwhelming, Intoxicating, Mind-blowing, Gorgeous, Bratty, Selfish, Inspiring, Beautiful, Exquisite

[disgustinggf]

"my darling" "my love" "my girl" "my angel" let's merge souls rn

[poetry-siir]

Mary Oliver

[greeksblog]

All that we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.