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1875 Nocturne in black and gold by James McNeill Whistler
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"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen"
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
#elisabeth kubler-ross
#quote
#citation
#beautiful people
#suffering
#struggle
#self-actualization
#growth
#strength
#courage
#wisdom
#hope
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"All girls continue to be taught when they are young, if not by their parents then by the culture around them, that they must earn the right to be loved — that “femaleness” is not good enough. This is a female’s first lesson in the school of patriarchal thinking and values. She must earn love. She is not entitled. She must be good enough to be loved. And good is always defined by someone else, someone on the outside."
bell hooks in Communion: Female Search for Love
#bell hooks
#communion: female search for love
#validation
#patriarchy
#feminism
#female
#love
#esteem
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"Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right."
Charles Bukowski
#charles bukowski
#quote
#citation
#alone
#solitude
#loneliness
#partnership
#relationship
#love
#intimacy
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"It is the very mind itself
That leads the mind astray;
Of the mind,
Do not be mindless."
That leads the mind astray;
Of the mind,
Do not be mindless."
song cited by Takuan Sōhō in The Mysterious Record of Immovable Wisdom
#citation
#quote
#takuan soho
#mysterious record of immovable wisdom
#mind
#mindful
#intention
#consciousness
#awareness
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"We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It’s easy. The first girl I ever loved was someone I knew in sixth grade. Her name was Missy; we talked about horses. The last girl I love will be someone I haven’t even met yet, probably. They all count. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. These are the most important people in your life, and you’ll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years. But there’s still one more tier to all this; there is always one person you love who becomes that definition. It usually happens retrospectively, but it happens eventually. This is the person who unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other people, even if some of these loveable qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable. The person who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different than anyone else, and they’re often just the person you happen to meet the first time you really, really, want to love someone. But that person still wins. They win, and you lose. Because for the rest of your life, they will control how you feel about everyone else."
Chuck Klosterman
#chuck klosterman
#love
#relationships
#models
#archetypes
#soul mates
#quote
#citation
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George Orwell, Why I Write
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“The Hermaphrodite”, alchemical image by Heinrich Khunrath, the central image of a plate from Ampitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, 1595.
The full image can be viewed here.
