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"A must read for anyone who’s ever had issues with eating or food" — Sep 12, 2025 06:43AM
"A must read for anyone who’s ever had issues with eating or food" — Sep 12, 2025 06:43AM
“Folks, I'm telling you,
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”
―
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”
―
“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
― Leaves of Grass
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
― Leaves of Grass
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love, but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy”
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“i found god in myself
and i loved her
i loved her fiercely”
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and i loved her
i loved her fiercely”
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