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“There are two reasons why people don’t talk about things; either it doesn’t mean anything to them, or it means everything.”

— Unknown

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Mahmoud Darwish, from "Mural", trans. John Berger and Rema Hammami [ID'd]

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Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

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Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

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Margot Armbruster, from "Wormwood"

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Topaz Winters, from "Cherry Blossoms"

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

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Jeremy Radin, from "Lazar Wolf the Butcher" (poem written during staging of Fiddler on the Roof at Paper Mill Playhouse, shared on his IG page) [ID'd]

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Chen Chen, from "weep ode #99"

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Ralph Bakshi is one of my favorite animators. All who come across this should watch all his movies. from the movie “Fire and Ice” 1983

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I believe you, you don’t have to prove yourself to me

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Anaïs Nin, from The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. IV: 1944-1947

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PHOENIX RISING:

“In the midst of the destruction, the old self is consumed, leaving behind only ashes. But from those ashes, a new and vibrant phoenix is born, ready to fly higher than ever before. So surrender to your grief, allow the old parts of yourself to be consumed, making way for a new self to emerge— one that is wiser.”

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Anne Carson, from Red Doc>