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“She didn’t belong anywhere and she never really belonged to anyone. And everyone else belonged somewhere and to someone. People thought she was too wonderful. But she only wanted to belong to someone. People always thought she was too wonderful to belong to them or that something too wonderful would hurt too much to lose. And that’s why she liked him— because he just thought she was crazy.” 
― C. JoyBell C.

“It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.”
―Coco Chanel

“For me, seeing a sweet guy fall for such horrible women, over and over again, I feel like taking testosterone and showing men how to do it right. Yeah, I’m a pretty vengeful woman. But seriously, I hate seeing nice girls finish last. I mean, we don’t complain about it like men do but it hurts us just as bad. Because women should recognize a nice guy and either accept him or tell him that she’s not ready for a nice guy. But instead they suck him dry simply because of their “bad experiences”. Which I find to be bullshit. Women let their bad experiences be their excuses for lack of proper womenship—I just made up that word.”
- Tiyanne Sullivan

To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.

Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

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