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"...he bent down, and wrote with his finger on the ground..."

[mpdrolet]

[lifestyleoftheunemployed]

What It Takes

[overclassy]

[centuriespast]

A miniature book made by Charlotte Brontë at age 13, one of more than two dozen she created. It recently surfaced after being considered lost for more than a century.

Credit…Clark Hodgin for The New York Times

[quotefeeling]

“How someone reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they’re going to be in your life.”

— blossomfully

[like-fairy-tales]

[thoughtkick]

“You are so good. So good, you’re always feeling so much. And sometimes it feels like you’re gonna bust wide open from all the feeling, don’t it? People like you are the best in the world, but you sure do suffer for it.”

— Silas House

[quotespile]

“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

[heartcharacter]

[nagsyl]

[nagsyl]

[notfavghost]

Healing doesn’t always look like light. Sometimes, it’s quiet and dark and brave.

[perfectquote]

“You can’t control how they treat you, but you can control if you accept it.”

— Charles Orlando

[perfectquote]

“At your absolute best, you still won’t be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you’ll still be worth it to the right person.”

— Karen Salmansohn

[daydreaming-of-course]

[perfectquote]

“Never quit believing in yourself.”

— Unknown

[resqectable]

“Life is messy. Be brave.”

— Unknown

[fawndeviney]

We met at sunset in Provence, France | Fawn DeViney