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“We feel something particular when we look at appealing pictures — we just don't have a word for what that feeling is. We don't have words for a lot of things, and those things are no less important.”
― Illustration: What's the Point?: A Book of Illustrated Illustrations that Illustrate Illustration
― Illustration: What's the Point?: A Book of Illustrated Illustrations that Illustrate Illustration
“Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that's why it's called spelling. Change the way you speak about yourself, and you can change your life.”
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“God is a metaphor for a mystery that absolutely transcends all categories of human thought, including being and nonbeing.”
― Comedy Sex God
― Comedy Sex God
“I had spent my adolescence trying to blend in with my peers in suburban America, and had come of age feeling like my belonging was something to prove. Something that was always in the hands of other people to be given and never my own to take, to decide which side I was on, whom I was allowed to align with. I could never be of both worlds, only half in and half out, waiting to be ejected at will by someone with greater claim than me. Someone whole.”
― Crying in H Mart
― Crying in H Mart
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