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He calls you love like it’s your name.

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Even though I’m watching Matt’s videos on a loop (so funny) and this little guy is next to me… I’m so * sad, dude…

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJZu3ZJTcjM/

beautiful. thank you for sharing!

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Maybe that’s what all storytelling is for. To let us practice being human before life requires it. We don’t just watch movies and plays, we don’t just read books; we try them on. And when reality finally arrives, we recognize the shape of it. Our hearts have already practiced.

—Megan Falley, Don’t Skip the Sadness

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— Warsan Shire (via lunamonchtuna)

[sailermoon]

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The Golden Journey #2, The Saturday Evening Post story illustration // Stanley M. Zuckerberg

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“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time, overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always moving… We pride ourselves on getting as little sleep as possible and thrive on self-deprivation. We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins… We are relentless, judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We never want to be as passive-aggressive as our mothers, never want to marry men as uninspired as our fathers… We are the daughters of the feminists who said, ‘You can be anything,’ and we heard, ‘You have to be everything.’”

—Courtney Martin’s—Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters

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Dr. Jane Goodall (1934—2025) 🦍

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Sunrise // October 1, 2025

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i am trying to remember you

and

let you go

at

the same time.

—Nayyirah Waheed

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Whyyy am I crying!? It’s just a book…

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I love how elaborate and dense the world building is because I’m only 30% through the book and yet, it feels like I’ve been reading for days. So much more left to enjoy.