“You will always struggle with not feeling productive until you accept that your own joy can be something you produce. It is not the only thing you will make, nor should it be, but it is something valuable and beautiful.”
― A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
― A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
“Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren. (anonymous twitter joke referenced in the book)”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“Just because someone has power over you doesn’t mean they’re going to use it to hurt you. People who believe that tend to either be:
People who have been victims of that sort of behavior, or . . .
People who, if given power, will use it to hurt you.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
People who have been victims of that sort of behavior, or . . .
People who, if given power, will use it to hurt you.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“The power that each of us has over complete strangers to make them feel terrible and and frightened and weak is amazing.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“Even on this most terrible days, even when the worst of us are all we can think of, I am proud to be a human.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
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