Qendxi

“The most terrible thing about it is not that it breaks one’s heart—hearts are made to be broken—but that it turns one’s heart to stone.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“Men and women run away from every goal, whether worldly or spiritual, because they overestimate the initial task. The proper way is a bit at a time. It is the same if someone eats too much; they should diminish it daily by a small bit, gradually. In that way, before a year or two have passed, they will have cut down what they eat by half, reducing it in such a way that their body does not notice. So it is with worship, withdrawing into solitude, attending to the service of God, and prayer. When a person enters upon the Way of God, for a while their prayers will be short. But after that, if they pray with their whole heart, their prayers will go on and on without end.”
― Rumi, It Is What It Is: The Personal Discourses of Rumi

“Be yourself until you make them uncomfortable”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary