“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.”

Thomas Merton (via wildwendes)
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“I tell my students, ‘When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.”

Toni Morrison (via wildwendes)
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“You deserve to look for love, if that’s what you want, and be ready to accept it when it comes your way. You might find yourself overwhelmed and even briefly in disbelief when you realize that someone actually loves you for who you are and wants nothing more than to be with you, but you should be able to embrace that unconditional caring with your own. You should wrap your arms around them and cover them with your whole body — flesh, bone, the ugly little cracks and scars that they can’t stop kissing — and know that you are a good person, who is worthy of such joy.”

What You Deserve AUG. 6, 2012 By CHELSEA FAGAN

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pattymarq:

Mr. Darcy’s proposal

arreter:

For many, World War II was the biggest single event of their lives, transforming the world more than any other recorded conflict in history. “Cities were obliterated; national borders altered; revolutionary and, in some cases, fearsome military, medical, communication and transportation technology invented; and , of course, tens of millions were killed — the majority of them civilians.” During the six years the war lasted, LIFE covered the event more than any other publication, with 21 photographers spending a combined total of 13,000 days outside of the US - most of that time spent right in the combat zones. In tribute to the people who lost their lives, as well as the journalists who risked theirs, LIFE have delved into their archives to present some of the most memorable images created during that time.

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audreylostinparis:

Anna Karina and Jean - Luc Godard

“For so many, your joy and presence are their opening ceremony - and that is more than enough.”

The Universe

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ysvoice:

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fallonelizabeth:

“Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don’t take it off until you’re thirty-four.” -Nora Ephron

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