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But when I got to the trail, a better diversion presented itself. Someone had drawn chalk dicks on the bike path. Every hundred feet or so—dick. They’d carved them into the bark of the trees too. It was a penis scavenger hunt and I was here
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“Sometimes you don’t have to weigh every single pro and con. Sometimes the answer is the one that just feels right.”
― Things We Hide from the Light
― Things We Hide from the Light
“It occurred to me then that identity is a hierarchy. We are primarily one thing, and then we're primarily another, and then another, and so on, until death- in succession. Each new identity assumes the throne of Self, but takes us further from our original self, perhaps our core self- the child. Yes, evolution, maturation, the path towards wisdom, it's all natural and healthy, but there's a purity to childhood, which is diluted with each iteration.”
― Spare
― Spare
“However, unpopular opinion here. You’re not responsible for how you were brought up, but you are responsible for your actions and reactions once you’re an adult.”
― Things We Hide from the Light
― Things We Hide from the Light
“I yearn to know the people I love deeply and intimately—without context, without boxes—and I yearn for them to know me that way, too.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“What we try to suppress defines us (more on this in the vulnerability chapter), or, in the words of one of my psychology supervisors, “Anything unspeakable to you is affecting you.” That’s why we don’t heal shame by hiding it.”
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
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