“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”
— Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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Childhood? Which childhood?
The one that didn’t last?
The one in which you learned to be afraid …?
— Li-Young Lee, from “A Hymn to Childhood,” Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience
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“Coffee should not be drunk in a hurry. It is the sister of time, and should be sipped slowly, slowly. Coffee is the sound of taste, a sound for the aroma. It is a meditation and a plunge into memories and the soul.”
—Mahmoud Darwish, from Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982
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blue.anemone ig: our beautiful ‘aine’ dress in a lovely soft floral fabric. hand printed by skilled artisans in india. .
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photo :@freckleseye
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“Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we’ve missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy.”
— Douglas Coupland, Life After God
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Under the Garden Moon: Woodland Whimsy
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audre lorde, your silence will not protect you
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The Hermit 🍴
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i love a bold color for front doors
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“If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars?”
— Tunisian Proverb
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Two sleeping cats, Theophile Steinlen
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