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We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans — because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That’s why we paint, that’s why we dare to love someone- because we have the impulse to explain who we are. Not just how tall we are, or thin… but who we are internally… perhaps even spiritually. There’s something, which impels us to show our inner-souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.
—Maya Angelou on why we write. Also see Joan Didion and George Orwell on the same. (via thatkindofwoman)
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Don’t confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am. My attitude depends on who you are.
—Frank Ocean (via thatkindofwoman)
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I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.
—Jonathan Carroll (via thatkindofwoman)
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it
~ Yves Saint Laurent
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You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that other person to someone else, a living breathing screaming invitation to believe better things.
—Jamie Tworkowski (via thatkindofwoman)
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Couple of things on my mind when I read this. Learning to be patient in my waiting. God’s got this.
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