"Enough. She would not exchange her solitude for anything. 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴."

— Tillie Olsen, from Tell Me A Riddle: Stories; “These Things Shall Be,” c. 1962 (via violentwavesofemotion)

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violentwavesofemotion:

“I like you. You are a lovely, impossible madwoman.”

— Margarita Karapanou, tr. by Karen Emmerich, from “Rien ne va Plus,”

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I wish I had something that was all mine

Something I can’t share

Something I won’t spare

Something precious to hold on to

Nothing I’d have to compare to

I wish there was a place to feel safe

I wish there was a way to feel great

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"I actually attack the concept of happiness. The idea that - I don’t mind people being happy - but the idea that everything we do is part of the pursuit of happiness seems to me a really dangerous idea and has led to a contemporary disease in Western society, which is fear of sadness. It’s a really odd thing that we’re now seeing people saying “write down 3 things that made you happy today before you go to sleep”, and “cheer up” and “happiness is our birthright” and so on. We’re kind of teaching our kids that happiness is the default position - it’s rubbish. Wholeness is what we ought to be striving for and part of that is sadness, disappointment, frustration, failure; all of those things which make us who we are. Happiness and victory and fulfillment are nice little things that also happen to us, but they don’t teach us much. Everyone says we grow through pain and then as soon as they experience pain they say “Quick! Move on! Cheer up!” I’d like just for a year to have a moratorium on the word “happiness” and to replace it with the word “wholeness”. Ask yourself “is this contributing to my wholeness?” and if you’re having a bad day, it is."

—

Hugh Mackay (via wordsthat-speak)

I think about this often

(via inspirationsandthings)

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