To live well, you must learn to see yourself first.
Dayahas quoted2 years ago
Henry, whose head is resting against my shoulder, the soft curls of his hair brushing my cheek, his features smooth and unguarded in sleep. And everything about this moment is so lovely and so fragile in its loveliness that I’m almost afraid to hold it. Afraid that the spell will break.
Dayahas quoted2 years ago
I would rather spend the rest of this train ride fighting with him than let him be trapped alone with his thoughts and fears again
Dayahas quoted2 years ago
Mama always says there are no ugly women, only lazy women—but from what I’ve gathered, it’s more like there are no ugly women, only broke women
Points were made
Dayahas quoted2 years ago
“Everything’s a form of power,”
Mary annehas quoted23 days ago
Descartes was wrong, you know, when he said, ‘To live well, you must live unseen.’ To live well, you must learn to see yourself first. Do you understand what I’m saying?”
Mary annehas quoted23 days ago
It’s nothing like the way they describe it in the movies, like all the stars aligning and fireworks exploding across an ink-black sky. It feels both quieter and bigger than that, as simple as coming home and as dizzying and all-encompassing as the wind rushing in around us. It feels like a thousand banished and buried moments have been building up to this—to us alone and untethered and weak with wanting—and maybe they have.
Mary annehas quotedlast month
spent my whole life longing to be seen, but I’ve also come to realize that when people look too closely, they inevitably notice the ugly parts too, like how the tiny cracks on a polished vase only become visible under scrutiny
Mary annehas quotedlast month
You’re still a kid, you know.”
Mary annehas quotedlast month
it’s nice to have an adult tell me everything will be okay. Even if I’m not so sure that’s true.