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This is a comment left at Captain Awkward by commenter espritdecorps. I found it very very accurate and poignant and it reminded me of my younger self and I was both amused and embarrassed a little ( Read more... ) -
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" there are reasons why we see repetitive generations of lawyers, healers, scholars, actors, artists, etc. in natural families. It is not just a matter of continuing a family business or tribal tradition. It is a matter of like characteristics being perpetuated, generation after generation, being nurtured by genetic mirroring."- Julie A. Rist -
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"Love is not a feeling. No matter how much you feel, love means nothing when unrelated to action. Love is action. In order to engage in effective action you must first find something that you value and put it at the center of your life." -- Anne Bogart -
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"Artists are journeyers and seers who are able to choose the right brain as a pathway, a vocation, and job description and, as a result, open the door to the sacred. " - Linda M. Montano -
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My friend Amanda said this today, and I want to quote it for posterity ( Read more... ) -
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Found on a friend's Tumblr:
The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries; on the contrary, a good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude, and thus they show each other the greatest possible trust. A merging of two people is an impossibility, and ( Read more... ) -
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"I think what my growing up gave me was that I didn't just swim like a goldfish, unaware of anything - water, my environment - I had leapt out of the bowl, so I could see in a certain way that is given to some people and not to others. "-- Paula Fox
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Heard on "This American Life" tonight:
When you're in a relationship with someone who's selfish, what keeps you in it is the fact that when they shine on you, it's like this souped-up shine, and you feel like you're in the club and you don't even know what the club is, you just know you want to stay in it.
-- Mike Birbiglia ( Read more... ) -
What A Great Line:
What an awesome line: "Justine felt the panicky regret that comes after you've fucked someone you didn't intend to fuck, so strong that you would gnaw off your leg to escape from the sex trap, in fact you would do anything to rewind the tape, dick goes out of vagina, THIS NEVER HAPPENED."
Haven't you been there? I have!
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I grasped very clearly and personally that conventional morality, the body of law and custom penalized anything but monogamy and heterosexuality, was against nature and against the spirit of human love. It was a fearful, vindictive sham, and I wanted no part of it. I wanted freedom.
-- Angela Bowie
What a fantastic quote! I absolutely agree, of