“To suffer is one thing; another thing is living with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate. It can also corrupt them. Once one has seen such images, one has started down the road of seeing more - and more. Images transfix. Images anesthetize.”
— Susan Sontag, On Photography
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May 25, 1931
Journals of Anais Nin 1927-1931 [volume 4]
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“Most of us … are slaves of longing.”
— Bell Hooks, Communion
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https://www.instagram.com/urbanxdivinity
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I love how disappointing reality is.
reality is everything to me
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He didn’t have to gag her like that
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i like the concept of soulmates—not a “you’re destined to meet me, and love me” kind of soulmate, but a “i’d pick you, every time.” kind of soulmate. a “no matter what happens, and what has happened, i want to go through it with you.” kind of soulmate. a “i love you by choice, and you’re a blessing, and i’m going to continue thinking about you this way not because i have to but because i want to.” kind of soulmate. a “you help me rest easy when everything is difficult” kind of soulmate. a “in every possible outcome, i want you there, to share it with me.” kind of soulmate.
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May Sarton, "Of Grief", Selected Poems
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TARAL HICKS in BELLY (1998)
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“Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don’t have to say anything.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
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james mccrae
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Michael Oliver Love
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On the television the American jazz musician John COLTRANE
ph. Guy Le Querrec
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