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“she runs for her life because to slip up is to begin descending the slippery slope to giving in to failure, to inertia, to feeling sorry for herself about that moment in her life which still creeps to the front of her memory when she least expects it”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

tags: her, running

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“She looks over at the Tate on the opposite side of the river, where she occasionally wanders the galleries to clear her head during lunchtime (when she takes one), to marvel at the ability of artists to make such mind-blowing creations out of their imagination
Imagination
What was that?
Does she even have one?”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

tags: art, imagination

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“life is an adventure to be embraced with an open mind and loving heart”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

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“gender is one of the biggest lies of our civilization”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

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“What matters is kindness; what matters is solidarity: What matters is staying alert, staying open, because if we know anything from what has gone before us, it is that the time for feeling will not last.”
― Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

tags: feelings, kindness

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