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Today, I apologised to someone I owe an ocean full of amends to. Tomorrow, I will teach myself the kindness alphabet from scratch.
“Being black is one of the most extreme sports in America.
We don't need to invent new ways of risking our lives
because the old ones have been working for decades.”
― Helium
We don't need to invent new ways of risking our lives
because the old ones have been working for decades.”
― Helium
“backmasking
n. the instinctive tendency to see someone as you knew them in their youth, a burned-in image of grass-stained knees, graffitied backpacks or handfuls of birthday cake superimposed on an adult with a degree, an illusion formed when someone opens the door to your emotional darkroom while the memory is still developing.”
― The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
n. the instinctive tendency to see someone as you knew them in their youth, a burned-in image of grass-stained knees, graffitied backpacks or handfuls of birthday cake superimposed on an adult with a degree, an illusion formed when someone opens the door to your emotional darkroom while the memory is still developing.”
― The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
“Everyone has a lie we’re quietly waiting to believe.”
― How We Fight For Our Lives
― How We Fight For Our Lives
“The difference between a garden and a graveyard is only what you choose to put in the ground”
― Helium
― Helium
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