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sometimes old friendships evolve like plants whose roots outgrow their pots: they are still alive, still growing, but they need more space to survive. More room to allow new people and experiences in too.
“Seharusnya kamu tidak lagi berpikir bahwa perempuan dan laki-laki itu berbeda. Apa yang bisa dilakukan laki-laki, bisa dilakukan perempuan, begitu juga sebaliknya. Hanya satu yang kami tidak bisa, melahirkan dan menyusui.
Om Vincen”
― Perempuan yang Menangis kepada Bulan Hitam
Om Vincen”
― Perempuan yang Menangis kepada Bulan Hitam
“My dreams of physics academia always entailed me as a full-time researcher, a blackboard, and long hours spent pondering the theories on the equatorial sections of Schwarzschild wormholes.”
― Love, Theoretically
― Love, Theoretically
“Everyone wants you here. We have a saying in Farsi. It translates ‘your place was empty.’ We say it when we miss somebody."
I sniffed.
"Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
I sniffed.
"Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“If you are disgusted by what you see, and if you feel the fire coursing through your veins, then it's up to you. You don't have to be the leader of a global movement or a household name. It can be as small scale as chipping away at the warped power relations in your workplace. It can be passing on knowledge and skills to those who wouldn't access them otherwise. It can be creative. It can be informal. It can be your job. It doesn't matter what it is, as long as you're doing something.”
― Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
― Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
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