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if suddenly you feel the urge to cry come upon you seemingly from nowhere, please, recognize that it is not from nowhere. it is from a somewhere where you forgot to mourn properly. a place only your body can remember. let these tears come. let your body mourn. let your body feel her loss. even if you cannot understand her (who can?) it is important to let your body have this. when the crying is over feed your body something special and be gentle with her. bless

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Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I’ve got diamonds at the meeting of my thighs?

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou reading in her dressing room before her performance at the Village Vanguard in New York City. 

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Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size   But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips,   The stride of my step,   The curl of my lips.   I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman,   That’s me.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please,   And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.   Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees.   I say, It’s the fire in my eyes,   And the flash of my teeth,   The swing in my waist,   And the joy in my feet.   I’m a woman Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman, That’s me.

Men themselves have wondered   What they see in me. They try so much But they can’t touch My inner mystery. When I try to show them,   They say they still can’t see.   I say, It’s in the arch of my back,   The sun of my smile, The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.

Now you understand Just why my head’s not bowed.   I don’t shout or jump about Or have to talk real loud.   When you see me passing, It ought to make you proud. I say, It’s in the click of my heels,   The bend of my hair,   the palm of my hand,   The need for my care.   ’Cause I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.

MAYA ANGELOU

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birds flying high, you know how I feel. sun in the sky, you know how I feel..

its a new dawn, its a new day, its a new life  for me & I'm feeling good.

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Those days are gone, and good fucking riddance to them; unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it’s just a drag, like a cold or having no money. If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have got to me earlier.

Nick Hornby, High Fidelity (via quotespile)

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no other person on this planet was made for you, they were made for themselves. love is all about choices. no one is going to be perfect for you, and i think we need to stop raising everyone on the belief that someone out there, just one other person in the whole world, was “made for you” because it isn’t true. no one is made for you, besides you. other people belong to themselves. if you want to make it work with someone, it’s about hard work, understanding, compassion, communication, and choice

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In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.

Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (via quotespile)

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Jean Gaumy. Tehran. Iran. Women taking part in a political demonstration.