qvotable:

“Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was always just red.”

— Kait Rokowski

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violentwavesofemotion:

“I know it hurts to burn.”

— Adrienne Rich, from Poems; “The Burning of Paper Instead of Children,”

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violentwavesofemotion:

“Sometimes I am afraid of myself.”

— James Joyce, from The Complete Works; “Ulysses,” (published c. 1918)

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violentwavesofemotion:

Gentleness is so important. Gentleness of the heart. Gentleness of the spirit. Gentleness in one’s aura. Gentleness in one’s own motivations and actions. Gentleness that is both embodied and practiced.

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violentwavesofemotion:

when nina simone said “anger has its place. anger has fire. and fire moves things.”

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violentwavesofemotion:

“We grow. It hurts at first.”

— Sylvia Plath, from The Collected Poems; “Witch Burning,” c. October 1961

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