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Sometimes—mostly only on bad days, anymore—I still eat myself sick at the realization that Chavi isn’t here, she’s not here and it just hurts so fucking much in a way that doesn’t make any sense, because anything that hurts this much should
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“In a 1968 speech given to striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., defined power as the ability to achieve purpose and effect change. This is the most accurate and important definition of power that I’ve ever seen. The definition does not make the nature of power inherently good or bad, which aligns with what I’ve learned in my work. What makes power dangerous is how it’s used.”
― Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
― Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
“How well can you actually know someone who is not open enough to share their feelings with you?”
― Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There
― Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There
“I wish that every day was Saturday and every month was October.”
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“How to look after your very drunk friend
Step 1: Find her in the bathroom, slumped against the towel rack
Step 2: Ask her if she needs to be sick. Try not to get offended when she yells that she's NOT DRUNK
Step 3: Tell her it's fine when she apologises, bursts into tears and then falls asleep on your shoulder.
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Step 6: Root around in her front pocket for her keys. Make a joke about inappropriate touching. Laugh when she earnestly tells you that you could touch her anywhere, because nothing's inappropriate when you're best friends.
Step 7: Write it down so you can mock her with it tomorrow, and for the rest of time.
Step 8: Tell her mother that yes, you both had a great time. Pour two glasses of water, carry them both up the stairs (Make her go first, so you can catch her if she trips)”
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Step 1: Find her in the bathroom, slumped against the towel rack
Step 2: Ask her if she needs to be sick. Try not to get offended when she yells that she's NOT DRUNK
Step 3: Tell her it's fine when she apologises, bursts into tears and then falls asleep on your shoulder.
[...]
Step 6: Root around in her front pocket for her keys. Make a joke about inappropriate touching. Laugh when she earnestly tells you that you could touch her anywhere, because nothing's inappropriate when you're best friends.
Step 7: Write it down so you can mock her with it tomorrow, and for the rest of time.
Step 8: Tell her mother that yes, you both had a great time. Pour two glasses of water, carry them both up the stairs (Make her go first, so you can catch her if she trips)”
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“I was talking with an especially insightful friend recently about the unfair stigmas placed on medication and the idea that it can actually help us return to ourselves. “What about when you have a pounding migraine that makes you miserable and curl up into your sofa, totally incapacitated?” she asked. “If you take maximum-strength Advil and suddenly feel like yourself again, did that change your personality? Or did it get rid of the horrible migraine that was keeping you from who you really are?” I realized she was onto something. For me, it’s the same thing with mental health. If I need to take medication because I have been swallowed whole by the whale of anxiety and depression, if I feel like I am deep at the bottom of the sea and will never make it to the light again, there should be no shame in allowing science to help lift me back up to the surface.”
― Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There
― Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There
the SWB club
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— last activity Jan 02, 2014 08:50PM
for the love of Books. for the love of Wine. and dear God, for the love of Sex! we, a group of 20-something year-olds decided to form the SWB club. w ...more
Kelli’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kelli’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
282 books
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11 friends
672 books
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27 friends
358 books
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90 friends
55 books
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39 friends
142 books
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41 friends
122 books
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21 friends
101 books
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12 friends
28 books
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27 friends
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