December 2011
To change one’s life:
1. Start immediately.
2. Do it flamboyantly.
3. No...
– William James (via illuminatedbeing)
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The rain softly through the last of the branches is your voice
– Micheal Dickman, from “The New Green”
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… I’m a coal:
I smolder to a bloodshot glow. Each day
I die down...
– Malachi Black, from Insomnia & So On
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The yes is unpoached, untamed.
– Sally Van Doren
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I have walked much to the sea, not knowing what I seek.
– Loren Eiseley, “The Inner Galaxy,” from The Unexpected Universe
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Words carry oceans on their small backs.
–
Lidia Yuknavitch, The Chronology of Water
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Women cannot be expected to struggle alone against the forces of discrimination...
– Benazir Bhutto in a 1995 speech in Beijing at the World Conference of Women. This is a beautiful speech, go read all of it. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
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