“I believe more in truth than in kindness. I think that truth is the quintessence of kindness, long-term kindness.”
— Clarice Lispector (December 15, 1973
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The psychological thriller of figuring out what you want and what you’re going to do about it
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“It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society.” - Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
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when e.e. cummings said “i’ll live my life if it kills me”
when andrea gibson said “i suppose i love this life, in spite of my clenched fist.” & when ellen bass said “to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it”
when james baldwin said, “this is why one must say yes to life and embrace it wherever it is found-and it is found in terrible places; nevertheless, there it is;”
when ocean vuong said “my mother said i could be anything i wanted - but i chose to live”
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