Power To The Peaceful

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Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire.
maiphdkhanh: This dress would look better in my closet.
"the first word I teach my daughter will be “no”
she will sing it to me and scream it at me
and I will never tell her to quiet down
she will say it when I tell her to go to bed
when I tell her she can’t have anymore candy
or watch anymore television
“no” will be my daughter’s favorite word
not only will I teach her how to say it
but I will teach her to repeat it over and over
again until every single atom in her tiny little body
hums with it
If it makes her less soft than the other girls
I will take her to museums and show her
what marble and stone can become
I will brush her hair and let her wear whatever
she wants
whatever that makes her
she will know
that the world has been built upon “no’s”
upon rejections and refusals and swords
if this makes her a warrior in a field of
flowers, then she will walk without fear
of being trampled on
the first word I teach my daughter will be
“no”
and when she grows up
in a world that tells her
she can’t walk down the street by herself
that “no” will be heard
it will roar and echo down the block
and she will never be told to keep
silent
she will not know the meaning of the word."
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  The First Word I Teach My Daughter (via alonesomes)

(via theaandrus)


"I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as a plant and rose to animal,
I died as an animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?"
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  Rumi (via milktree)

(via theaandrus)


nocturnallyyours: “How grateful I was then, to be part of the mystery, to love, and to be loved.” - Let’s Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and To Be Loved) by Bright Eyes Water on marker on paper. (Detail)
"Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a great deal to love a leaf. It’s ordinary to love the beautiful, but it’s beautiful to love the ordinary."
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  (via fawun)

(Source: beautifulvomit, via oversizedcardigans)


you’re just a mistreated flower
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TODAY IS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF The Lizzie McGuire Movie

(Source: socallmemaeby, via daisyandgatsby)

lifeonsundays: Light casts a shadow.