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“Because elephants are huge. And strong. And far more agile than you’d expect. Majestic, yes. Gentle, often. But also fully capable of turning you into a lurid smear if startled or annoyed. And while I’m sure there are worse ways to go than being squashed by an elephant in the jungles of northern Thailand, I can’t think of many that would be quite as memorable for your grieving friends. “Oh, you didn’t hear? Yeah - Larry zigged when he should’ve zagged. Tragic. But what a way to go, huh? Mustard on that Hebrew National?”
― The Flow: A Hedonist's Guide to Buddhism, Meditation and Travels in Thailand
― The Flow: A Hedonist's Guide to Buddhism, Meditation and Travels in Thailand
“Everyone insists [motherhood] is her purpose, and it drives her mad, the idea that the shape of her body determines the shape her life must take.
That her beauty is something she is expected to pass on instead of keep.
That anything she makes will thrive while she is left to wither.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
That her beauty is something she is expected to pass on instead of keep.
That anything she makes will thrive while she is left to wither.”
― Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
“The secret of action is to get established in equanimity, renouncing all egocentric attachments, and forgetting to worry over our successes and failures”
― Inward Journey
― Inward Journey
“The problem is that the spoiling of men is continued by marital expectation. Even in the most unconventional of set-ups, the free-thinking liberal man expects his woman to be at home serving his emotional needs when she may prefer to be free to do other things.”
― MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery
― MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery
“We Are Freedom Fighters (Sonnet 2260)
Right to leave religion is just
as fundamental as right to religion.
Freedom of dress is just
as important as freedom of the press.
Freedom to breastfeed without shame
is just as sacred as freedom to pray.
Freedom to choose not to have child
is just as respectable as motherhood.
Freedom to love outside tradition
is just as divine as jesus on the mount.
Freedom to dream across color and collar
is just as elemental as drinking water.
Any halfwit can write Declaration of Independence,
while denying people's rights behind closed doors.
My Declaration of World Independence is this,
rights of another only enhance my own.”
― Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
Right to leave religion is just
as fundamental as right to religion.
Freedom of dress is just
as important as freedom of the press.
Freedom to breastfeed without shame
is just as sacred as freedom to pray.
Freedom to choose not to have child
is just as respectable as motherhood.
Freedom to love outside tradition
is just as divine as jesus on the mount.
Freedom to dream across color and collar
is just as elemental as drinking water.
Any halfwit can write Declaration of Independence,
while denying people's rights behind closed doors.
My Declaration of World Independence is this,
rights of another only enhance my own.”
― Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
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