December 2011
“I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.”
—Celia Bown (The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern)
I drink your milkshake: Dear fellow white people, →
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Things we should internalize about racism:
- We can be “nice,” “smart,” “compassionate,” “caring” and racist at the same time. None of these are mutually exclusive.
- It doesn’t matter if we didn’t mean to be racist. Intentions don’t matter. Actions & consequences do.
- Just…
Walk In The Park
Beach House
Beach House
“Walk In The Park”
From Teen Dream
“We dated and she’s an incredibly important person that I lived with for a long time, but it’s about that time in a relationship that I was going through; you’re in a relationship because you need help, but that’s not necessarily why you should be in a relationship. And that’s Skinny. It doesn’t have weight. Skinny love doesn’t have a chance because it’s not nourished.”
—Justin Vernon (via infinitexposure)
“If I can stop one heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one life the aching
Or cool one pain
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again
I shall not live in vain.” —
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one life the aching
Or cool one pain
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again
I shall not live in vain.” —
Emily Dickinson (via weepling)
I need to have this somewhere where I will look at it everyday.
Are these feelings or the absence of feelings?
Slow Like Honey
Fiona Apple
Slow Like Honey - Fiona Apple
I’ll let you run away
But your heart will not oblige you
You’ll remember me like a melody
Yeah, I’ll haunt the world inside you