The Art Of Cruelty: A Reckoning, Maggie Nelson

We do not need to get rid of anger in order to give up hatred.

We do not need to renounce enjoyment in order to give up desire.

We do not need to neglect our safety in order to give up fear.

Cease to indulge the feelings that, while pretending to be necessary, actually destroy the world.

— nothingbutloveforyou

are you ever like damn why is literally everyone else scared of openly communicating and being direct and truthful and honest

baotuquan趵突泉, jinan济南, shandong province in china by 凡不烦

“Our Inner Guide is not offended that we don’t listen to it…” -Shannon Marie (in her book Crystal Wisdom)

August 5, 1926 Journals of Anais Nin 1923-1927 [volume 3]

when georges bataille wrote, “no greater desire exists than a wounded person’s need for another wound” & when gillian flynn wrote, “a child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort” & when ocean vuong wrote, “sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you’ve been ruined” & when lisa m. basile wrote, “did you inherit a sickness? did you blame god? do you believe in god? do you believe in yourself? are you still on fire? did you ever put out the fire?” & when stephen a. guirgis wrote, “why didn't you make me good enough so that you could’ve loved me?”

Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

re-al or fah-ke🤓

Clarice Lispector, A Breath of Life