May 2013
“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the...”
– Franz Kafka (via loquehacelaprimavera)
“When you’re traveling, you are what you are, right there and then. People don’t...”
– William Least-Heat Moon (via thatkindofwoman)
“Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed...”
– Dream Hampton (via thatkindofwoman)
Things I Do Not Understand And Definitely Am Not...
thingsidontunderstandand:
In theory: yes.
In practice: no.
Midnight Ramblings
I came across a quote I first heard in college. The punchline has always stuck with me, as I am sure the writer had hoped. She said: “We are the daughters of the feminists who said “You can be anything” and we heard “You have to be everything.”
I am not sure when exactly in my upbringing that became, what one of my theory professors would call, a “big T truth” for me. I have...
Good Earner
dearoldlove:
When I want something, I go and earn it. If you’re not in my life…it’s because I don’t want you there.
“She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and...”
– Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides (via thatkindofwoman)
When someone asks me if I'm hungry
whatshouldwecallme:
Can’t stop laughing at this!
When I text my friend and all I get back is "K"
whatshouldwecallme:
“Don’t save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special...”
– Thomas S. Monson (via thatkindofwoman)
“One of the best things you can do for yourself is become acutely aware of your...”
– Indigo Williams (via thatkindofwoman)
“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year...”
– Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters - Courtney E. Martin
(via loquehacelaprimavera)
“The energy of hatred won’t get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness,...”
– The Zahir, Paulo Coelho (via true-grit)
“The very person who had helped me build my life had nearly destroyed me.”
– The Zahir, Paulo Coelho (via true-grit)
