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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.
“You are unique. You have different talents and abilities. You don’t have to always follow in the footsteps of others. And most important, you should always remind yourself that you don't have to do what everyone else is doing and have a responsibility to develop the talents you have been given.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“It takes a strong man to be with a woman full of fire and stars and all of October.”
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“Tish is sensitive, and that is her superpower. The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It’s not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that’s no badge of honor.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“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
— 5 members
— 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.
656 books
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27 friends
306 books
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11 friends
191 books
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89 friends
102 books
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15 friends
53 books
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39 friends
3 books
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2 friends
121 books
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41 friends
23 books
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21 friends
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