Believe it or not, I understand about the pain ( Read more... )

The best superpower any person can have
is the power to see.
To be aware.
If we turn our eyes away from violence or persecution,
even once,
then we deny that these things happen.
When we don't say anything,
it's the same as saying they don't exist.
Someone needs to keep their eyes open.
Someone needs to keep vigil.

Everyone does.

We can. We ( Read more... )

I know this is a wierd question to be asking, but since some of you are RAs and most of you are college students, I figured I'd give it a shot ( Read more... )

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told,
"I am with you, kid! Let's go!"

Maya Angelou


( Read more... )

i carry your heart with me ( Read more... )

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.
-Mark StrandOn the day that the books die,the forlorn sky will drop wet stars onto the last remaining texts. Ink will run the streets in rivers of black and violet, the colors of blood closest to the heart ( Read more... )

I edited the userpics out of my last entry and am reposting them here, with some extra ones that I did. That's all, folks.

( Celebrating Women's History )

The other day in American Literature, a girl performed and spoke about Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and spoke about love. She said we use the world "love" to often in our daily lives, that it grows meaningless, that we should be much more careful with the word love than just saying it to friends and acquaintances ( Read more... )

How does this move you?
This should be the question you ask yourself every day.
How does this inspire your sense of awe? How does life excite you?
How does each day transform you ( Read more... )

Everyone in any sort of relationship, whether it's romantic, platonic, or familial, should read this. I had my one-on-one with Emily (Senior RA) today, and she started talking about "love languages," and I was like, "huh?" So here's the summary of what I learned:

Problems occur when spouses do not recognize each other's love language and ( Read more... )