makes you think

To hunger for minds that meet yours fully, fiercely, and without flinching, is to be reminded, often, of their rarity. It’s not just about being understood; it’s about being engaged , challenged, and courted in the language of thought.

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“It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. One gets used to things getting harder; one ceases to be surprised that what used to be hard as hard can be grows harder yet.”

― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace

journaling only works if you write faster than you can lie to yourself

Because right now there is someone

Out there with

a wound in the exact shape

of your words.

The end of the world used to be quite seductive to her,

until she considered that the obsession with the apocalypse is actually a longing that those who are dissatisfied with the world have for something different.