Being a reader doesn't mean reading all the time.
Being a reader means loving stories, even when life doesn't leave you enough time to read.>>>
I don’t want to "download the app" to pay for parking. I don’t want to "create an account" to see a menu. I don’t want to "provide feedback" on a 30-second interaction. I just want to exist in the physical world without a digital leash.
Once you grow up, you realize you don't want to be crazy in love. You want to be calm in love, stable in love, understood in love, safe in love. Your partner should give you peace of mind and reassurance, not constant little heart attacks, and high anxiety. Because like shoes, if it hurts you, then it's not your size.
cannot emphasize this enough as a practical life skill: learn how to say no to authority figures. Learn how to tell them that nothing they can do to you will change your mind. Disappoint your parents. You have to live your own life.
when i was taking my classes about labor/delivery at the hospital the nurse running them kept emphasizing to the pregnant women in the class that NO ONE CARES IF THEY HAVENT SHAVED OR WAXED which implies enough people GIVING BIRTH feel that pressure that they have to mention it
Mi parte favorita de la biblia es cuando Jesús, en vez de decirle a las mujeres como vestirse, le dice a los hombres que se arranquen sus ojos y corten las manos si no son capaces de controlarse
I feel like this just goes to show even in the most shittiest circumstantial conditions, when you’re little, all you need is a parent that genuinely believes in you.
Kids can come from the same conditions but completely different bc one grew up with unsupportive parents vs
why do men grab their dicks like this in public but if a woman tries to itch her fanny or boobs it would be all chaos and people saying it’s inappropriate
The older I get, the more I understand why people disappear into gardening baking, reading, and long walks. Not because life got boring. Because peace became valuable.