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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
“Be nobody's darling;
Be an outcast.
Take the contradictions
Of your life
And wrap around
You like a shawl,
To parry stones
To keep you warm. ”
―
Be an outcast.
Take the contradictions
Of your life
And wrap around
You like a shawl,
To parry stones
To keep you warm. ”
―
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“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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“you can tell the deepest truths with the lies of fiction”
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“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
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