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#1

“Boys who spent their weekends making banana nut muffins did not, as a rule, excel in the art of hand-to-hand combat.”
― David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

tags: gender-stereotypes, machismo, masculinity

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#2

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

tags: authenticity, genuineness, honesty, kindness, self-awareness, truth-telling

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#3

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
― Harvey Fierstein

tags: be-yourself, identity, individuality, inspirational, life, self-determination, self-esteem, self-expression

2942 likes

#4

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

tags: life

11449 likes

#5

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

119107 likes

#6

“I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.”
― Katherine Anne Porter

1059 likes

#7

“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
― Federico García Lorca, Blood Wedding and Yerma

tags: desire, punishment, unrequited-love

4521 likes

#8

“We’re sick of hearing people say, “That band is so gay,” or “Those guys are fags.” Gay is not a synonym for shitty. If you wanna say something’s shitty, say it’s shitty. Stop being such homophobic assholes.”
― Pete Wentz

tags: homophobia, lgbt, vocabulary

1040 likes

#9

“Peace is being different, feeling good about yourself, and helping others. The world is a better place because of you.”
― Todd Parr

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