May 2012
77 posts
“I sat on a gray stone bench
ringed with the ingenue faces
of pink and white...”
– Lisel Mueller, from “When I Am Asked” (via proustitute)
“Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.”
– Kurt Cobain (via aeloquence)
“Woman is by nature a shaman.”
– Chukchee proverb (via strangerains)
“i jumped in the river and what did i see? black-eyed angels swimming with me. a...”
– (via foxxworthy)
“If you cannot face directly your sexuality, you will never discover your true...”
– White Tigress Manual (via cosmikcosmik)
lazy goddess: “We know that the creature Wild Man... →
lazygoddess:
“We know that the creature Wild Man is seeking his own earthy woman. Afeared or not, it is an act of deepest love to allow oneself to be stirred by the wildish soul of another. In a world where humans are so afraid of “losing,” there are far too many protective walls against being dissolved in…
B SAMA: A certain swordsman in his declining years... →
b-sama:
A certain swordsman in his declining years said the following: In one’s life. there are levels in the pursuit of study. In the lowest level, a person studies but nothing comes of it, and he feels that both he and others are unskillful. At this point he is worthless. In the middle level he is still…
“If not now, when?”
– The Talmud (via lucifelle)
“If not now, when?”
– The Talmud (via lucifelle)
“Gaslighting is a term, often used by mental health professionals, to describe...”
– (via dreamhampton1)
“Forget safety.
Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation.
Be...”
– Rumi (via nirvikalpa)
“One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It’s one of...”
– Carlos Fuentes (via booklover)
nirvikalpa:
the mind is always the problem, the heart is always the answer
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then...”
– Audre Lorde (via nomames)
I can never read this too much.
(via blackfeminismlives)
“And here is what Leia does, when you force her into a scanty outfit and...”
– Olivia Waite - Ellora’s Cave author, inquisitive mind, and hedonist-about-town (via veggiezombiex)
lucy and her girls / Lucille Clifton
caitsmeissner:
lucy is the ocean extended by her girls are the river fed by lucy is the sun reflected through her girls are the moon lighted by lucy is the history of her girls are the place where lucy was going
