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Kate Murray
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While normalization has many upsides, it can also have a silencing effect, perpetuating the assumption that being bi is “not a big deal.” Bisexuality tends to feel ubiquitous and thus irrelevant, as if the subject isn’t worth our time.
“Unaccustomed to direct experience, we can come to fear it. We don't want to read a book or see a museum show until we've read the reviews so that we know what to think. We lose the confidence to perceive ourselves. We want to know the meaning of an experience before we have it. We become frightened of direct experience, and we will go to elaborate lengths to avoid it.”
― Travels
― Travels
“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.”
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
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“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
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“Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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