At certain times I have no race
“At certain times I have no race. I am me. I belong to no race or time. I am the eternal feminine with its string of beads.
I do not weep at the world--I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. I have a strong suspicion, but I can't be sure, that much that passes for constant love is a golded-up moment walking in its sleep. Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me. There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston
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That which inspires respect in woman, and often enough fear also, is her NATURE, which is more "natural" than that of man, her genuine, carnivora-like, cunning flexibility, her tiger-claws beneath the glove, her NAIVETE in egoism, her untrainableness and innate wildness, the incomprehensibleness, extent, and deviation of her desires and virtues.
That which, in spite of fear, excites one's sympathy for the dangerous and beautiful cat, "woman," is that she seems more afflicted, more vulnerable, more necessitous of love, and more condemned to disillusionment than any other creature.
Fear and sympathy it is with these feelings that man has hitherto stood in the presence of woman, always with one foot already in tragedy, which rends while it delights--What? And all that is now to be at an end?
And the DISENCHANTMENT of woman is in progress? The tediousness of woman is slowly evolving? Oh Europe! Europe! We know the horned animal which was always most attractive to thee, from which danger is ever again threatening thee! Thy old fable might once more become "history"--an immense stupidity might once again overmaster thee and carry thee away! And no God concealed beneath it--no! only an "idea," a "modern idea"!
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One Way To Spot Selfish People… Essence Of Femininity Fosters Thought
One Way To Spot Selfish People… Essence Of Femininity Fosters Thought
One Way To Spot Selfish People… Essence Of Femininity Fosters ThoughtSome people are fascinated by the world, what’s beautiful, exciting, natural, intriguing… All centers of interest outside of their own condition: such individuals are intrinsically NOT self-centered. Selfishness implies self-centeredness.
Reciprocally, people who bring back all of cognition, issues, interests, feelings to…
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oh to be loved like a habit and not a chore. oh to be loved because loving you is their default state of being and not something they have to perform like a duty. ohh to be loved because they don't want to live a life where loving you doesn't exist.
oh to be loved truly.
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⋆⋅༺ diva mindset. (pt.6) ༻⋅⋆
*:・゚✧*:・゚✧ ⋆*:・゚✧*:・゚✧
If you want it, get it.
If you want to do something, do it.
you DO NOT need anyone opinion, nor validation to do so.
a tip to break out the habit, is having more confidence in yourself!
one of the main points in life is experiencing & learning about who you are.
you’ll have troubles doing so if you stay in the present mindset.
with that being said, do that thing you’ve been overthinking about, scared to do, or have doubts about.
you’ll never really know, until you FULLY apply yourself, doll.
- kisses from, diva. 💋
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“ --and in my opinion, he is a true friend of woman who calls out to women today: mulier taceat de mulierel. “
- Friedrich Nietzsche
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