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there’s a saying amongst witches that not every broken blade is supposed to be mended. We have to accept that everyone has their journey, and it’s not our place to change what’s written in the stars.
“All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream.”
― The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
― The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
“There’s also this: When you apologize because you Feel Like You Have To, there’s a pretty good chance that your apology isn’t going to come off as genuine. That’s the thing about acting like a fake-ass bitch: sometimes people happen to notice that you’re being a fake-ass bitch.”
― You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together
― You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together
“If we condition our culture to believe that any joke that upsets any person demands a groveling, on-the-floor apology, then we are going to get exactly what we asked for-fewer jokes, less honesty, and a really unforgivingly low fuckup threshold for ourselves.
Also, if what you're looking for from an apology is for people to actually forgive you, then you might be extremely disappointed.”
― You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together
Also, if what you're looking for from an apology is for people to actually forgive you, then you might be extremely disappointed.”
― You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together
“It was a big room, full of books. The books did not confine themselves to the bookcases that reached up to the ceiling. They were on chairs and tables and even on the floor. And yet there was no sense of disarray about them.”
― Crooked House
― Crooked House
“Going through something difficult can be an incredibly isolating experience, but it would be far less so if we could all just talk to one another without the fear of doing it wrong. Candor and comedy really do connect us as humans, and it depresses me to think of how much connection we might be missing out on because people are too afraid to try.”
― You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together
― You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together
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