Soul in tone

"A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born."

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery (via amaranthinehaze)

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Say you’re walking down the sidewalk on a beautiful day. Someone who has internalized an outsider’s perspective of herself will often spend more time adjusting her clothing or hair, wondering what other people are thinking of her, judging the shape of her shadow or reflection in a window, etc. She will picture herself walking – she literally turns herself into an object of vision – instead of enjoying the sunny weather….

… Women are constantly being looked at. Even when we’re not, we’re so hyperaware of the possibility of being looked at that it can rule even our most private lives. Including in front of our mirrors, alone.

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Excerpt via Beauty Redefined ”To BE or to be LOOKED at?” (via spookypuke)

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"I really don’t know what ‘I love you’ means. I think it means ‘Don’t leave me here alone.’"

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Neil Gaiman (via eternalmindgardens)

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Jenny Holzer, Selections from “Truism”, “Survival” and “Living” Series, 1991

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"I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain."

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Jonathan Carroll (via elle-emeno-pee)

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"Don’t you hate that? Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it’s necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable? That’s when you know you’ve found somebody special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence."

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Mia Wallace, Pulp Fiction (via farrahss)

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don’t be too clingy
don’t be such a ‘girl’
be a woman
but be hairless like a child

don’t wear skimpy outfits
don’t be such a ‘slut’
be modest
but take it off when i ask

don’t assert yourself
don’t be such a ‘bitch’
be nice to me
but don’t be a fucking doormat

don’t be ignorant
don’t be such a ‘bimbo’
be intelligent
but don’t argue your opinion with me

don’t wear make-up ever
don’t be so ‘insecure’
be yourself
but don’t complain if i don’t like it

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“The Universe is working in your favor even when it gives you discomfort. Pain ignites action, forcing results.”

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borderlinelife:

I tried so hard not to be attached to someone anymore that I ended up numbing myself to emotions.

I’ve been feeling so apathetic towards almost everything lately.

I don’t know whether this is good for me or not.

I just hate the fact that you can be hurt so much no matter what happens when you become attached to a person.

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