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[2manypdfs]

Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

[podcastwizard]

sorry boss can't come in today i was on my way to work and then a gentle spring breeze kissed my cheek and reminded me it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world

[girlfictions]

Mary Oliver, from Upstream: Selected Essays

[strathshepard]

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (Jonas Mekas, 2000)

[stufflikethathere]

there is so much content about changing your life or becoming and it’s like whatever man you’re missing what’s right in front of you. Imperfection is forever.

[flowerytale]

Louisa May Alcott, from Little Women

[creekfiend]

in general I find that "why did someone behave this way" is almost always answered by "behaving otherwise was too difficult and frightening for them at the time," and then you have to dig into why that is. people behave in ways that feel 1. easy for them (do not require much thought or effort) 2. accessible to them (patterns that have worked many times before) and 3. safe for them (apparently predictable outcome)

this is true even for behavior that is absolutely horrific and totally unacceptable. which can be a tough thing to accept, I think.

[jacques-le-fataliste-23]

Johannes Helder, ‘The Door with Self Portrait’, c. 1890s

[bluewarf]

shoutout to maybe my favorite dune line, "his voice was low, charged with unspeakable adjectives." frank herbert really wrote that and decided to call it a day. got to say, i sure did feel some adjectives when i read it.

[chloeinletters]

I’m a simple man. I read a sentence about leaving home and then I think about that Giovanni’s room quote.

[chloeinletters]

[ultimatesue]

For God so loved the world

[queermasculine]

im not above eating some low hanging fruit like if theres low hanging fruit i might eat some

[belmasworld]

i'm learning that what's meant for me won't cost me myself

[loveridden1999]

anyways remember when toni morrison said "sometimes you don't survive whole, you just survive in part. but the grandeur of life is that attempt. it's not about that solution. it is about being as fearless as one can, and behaving as beautifully as one can, under completely impossible circumstances."

[mcazratsam]

Everything is a sign if you're crazy enough

[fromhersoul]

[johnnycrass]

i always look back in anger but its important to look forward with it also