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Quotes. Poems. Photos. General nerdiness.

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You remind me of parts of myself that I will never have a chance to meet.

Mariah Gordon-Dyke (via quotemadness)

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REblog if you are Asexual, support Asexuals, or spend most of your time actually thinking about Superheroes.

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This is it.

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#superherosexualforthewin

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To look back was to drown.  To look forward was to fly

The Huntress by: Kate Quinn

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Mathematician. Leader. Heroine. Remembering Hidden Figure Katherine Johnson

Tonight, count the stars and remember a trailblazer. 

We’re saddened by the passing of celebrated #HiddenFigures mathematician Katherine Johnson. She passed away at 101 years old. 

An America hero, Johnson’s legacy of excellence broke down racial and social barriers while helping get our space agency off the ground.

Once a “human computer”, she famously calculated the flight trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space.

And when we began to use electronic computers for calculations, astronaut John Glenn said that he’d trust the computers only after Johnson personally checked the math.

As a girl, Katherine Johnson counted everything. As a mathematician, her calculations proved critical to our early successes in space travel.

With slide rules and pencils, Katherine Johnson’s brilliant mind helped launch our nation into space. No longer a Hidden Figure, her bravery and commitment to excellence leaves an eternal legacy for us all.

“We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.” - Katherine Johnson 1918 -2020 

May she rest in peace, and may her powerful legacy inspire generations to come! What does Katherine Johnson’s legacy mean to you? Share in the comments. 

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Hidden Poetry

To Life, which is the spring,

a season to blossom with delights

spring is a celebrated intrigue,

a guest.

But, it will change

a poignant, wasted beauty.

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I had been mistaken in thinking that I could see clearly into my own heart.

Marcel Proust (via quotemadness)

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Pottery

Let me break

Let me shatter

Let me fragment and spread my pieces to 

the corners of the world with the wind

Let me cry and sob and scream

Let me feel

And then trust that I have the strength to start to heal

To rebuild

To recall the parts of myself that were lost

I won’t be the same

But I am beautiful because of my brokenness

Not in spite of it

Never forget that I have learned to seal the cracks of my soul with iron

I have soldered myself together before

And I will do it again

I have filled my emptiness with molten sand

And when I have again found my footing

the light will fracture as it passes through me

And we’ll once more be awash in color

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I believe in everything until it’s disproved.  So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons.  It all exists, even if it’s in your mind.  Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as here and now?

John Lennon

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Outside a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.

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Invictus

By William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me, 

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

FInds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul.