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Federico Zandomeneghi (Italian, 1841–1917) - Colloquio a tavolino

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“Don’t apologize for your feelings. Never apologize for those.”

— Jenna Evans Welch, from Love & Olives

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"The Other Side" (1918), by Dean Cornwell.

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The Pearl by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1894)

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The Danaides by John William Waterhouse (1903)

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by: Sato244

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Nymphes et Satyre by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1873)

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On becoming someone else

i. War of the Foxes, Richard Siken / ii., v., viii., xi. Leisure, Hannah, Does Not Agree with You, Hannah Gamble / iii. unknown / iv. Mimmo Paladino / vi. Book 20e, In between here and there, Beata Wehr / vii. unknown / ix. unknown / x. @heartlessqueen

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from the introduction to emily wilsons translation of the iliad

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@lovesdaya

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/ Stanley Kubrick, NYC Subway, 1946

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Nike of Samothrace

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actually i love growing older and learning how i work as a person like realizing what kinds of fabrics feel best on my skin or what brand of yogurt i like best or how I want to be touched. watching myself change, enjoying brussel sprouts when I used to hate them as a child, understanding why I got angry in that one conversation 10 years ago… there are so many mysteries inside me that i have yet to unravel and there will always be more and sometimes i think maybe its all worth it

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Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You

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Topaz Winters, from "Cherry Blossoms"

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sorry I wasn’t in the mood to be a person today, sorry I forgot to keep a conversation, sorry my soul needs ironing. give me a moment, a day or a so. it’ll be good. I’ll brush my hair and change my clothes. I’ll laugh a lot. I’ll say important things. it’ll be good.