solare

[perriaeyjeve]

[lustingupon]

[reverie-quotes]

A woman must stay alone for a long while until the hate men have for women has left her, and even longer until the jealousy women have for other women has left her, and longer still until the anger her children have for her has left her—until she is no longer a woman altered by the resentment of men, women, and children, no longer what others have forced her to be, but empty as a skull or a shell, filled only by whatever she pleases, forest air perhaps.

— Kiran Desai, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

[fungusamongusblg2]

[petaltexturedskies]

Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.

Susan Sontag, from At the Same Time

[theambitiouswoman]

Toxic ambition vs Healthy ambition

1. Why you’re doing it

Toxic: To prove yourself

Healthy: To grow yourself

2. How you feel

Toxic: Never enough

Healthy: Proud + peaceful

3. Your pace

Toxic: Rush, rush, rush

Healthy: Steady + balanced

4. Self talk

Toxic: “I’m behind”

Healthy: “I’m on my path”

5. Rest

Toxic: Feels guilty resting

Healthy: Knows rest is power

6. Failure

Toxic: Takes it personal

Healthy: Learns and moves on

7. Comparison

Toxic: Always comparing

Healthy: Focused on self

8. Relationships

Toxic: Uses or neglects people

Healthy: Builds real connections

9. Boundaries

Toxic: Says yes to everything

Healthy: Protects time + energy

10. Success

Toxic: Never satisfied

Healthy: Celebrates wins

11. Identity

Toxic: “I am my success”

Healthy: “I am more than this”

12. Energy

Toxic: Burnt out

Healthy: Energized

[achillesinhighheels]

[freak]

⠀❄︎

[sacred-portal]

[wetheurban]

Your life is about to take a beautiful turn.

[disgustinggf]

[patronsaintofweepingmothers]

"antique store, portland" (2006), lovely librarians

[wetheurban]

Sending love to anyone who is just… tired.

Of the bills. The responsibility. The emotional labor. The constant pressure of trying to make life work for themselves and the people they love.

Be gentle with yourself. The caregiver deserves care, too.

[primulaceas]

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

[soracities]

Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch (trans. Gregory Rabassa)

[Text ID: “As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out in the middle of the courtyard.”]

[pinkjasmine]

Taylor Russell street style

[matchagirl]

[philosophybits]

“The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.”

— Simone de Beauvoir, in “Beauvoir and feminism: interview and reflections” by Susan J. Brison, The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir