March 2012
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I Am Vertical
by Sylvia Plath
But I would rather be horizontal.
I am not a tree with my root in the soil
Sucking up minerals and motherly love
So that each March I may gleam into leaf,
Nor am I the beauty of a garden bed
Attracting my share of Ahs and spectacularly painted, Unknowing I must soon unpetal.
Compared with me, a tree is immortal And a flower-head not tall, but more startling,
And I want the...
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February 2012
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“Never compromise your ideals out of ease, fear, or to avoid trouble.”
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“All of us have had the experience of a sudden joy that came when nothing in the...”
– via jwongy
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A participatory development...
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“Opinions took a back seat. Opinions were not attractive. This is stuff I...”
– Meryl Streep, on changing her behavior as a teenager to get dates and be popular (via nprfreshair)
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Breathe.: Stray sentences over and over again.... →
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Stray sentences over and over again. Words that traced how your hands got tangled in my hair. I’ve memorized your eyes like comets, you know. And if I could have, I would have breathed you in. But I forced myself on you, pushed you away for want of something more. Pounded on your chest as though…
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