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“[Grief] is everything. It is the fabric of selfhood, and beautifully chaotic. It shares mathematical characteristics with many natural forms.”
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
“Creation, and so creativity, is the act of giving life, the nourishing and enhancement of life, in whatever way you choose to do it. And when we find our individual creative power, we can harness it and use it to fight for what we care about, to remake the world in our own image. But what might such a creative woman look like, and how might she do such a thing?”
― If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
― If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
“The more people open their hearts to us, the less we will have to fight for our rights.”
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“Acts of Kindness:
A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.”
― The Light in the Heart
A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.”
― The Light in the Heart
“Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.”
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