Louanne Merine

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Be strong and patient; one day, this pain will be useful to you.

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@isabellayoungo8 Wishing Lita a speedy recovery and sending her a big hug from afar. Hope she’s feeling better soon

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@isabellatazaou Love the dreamy variety in these shots—each photographer brings such a distinct mood婷婷五月

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@TeressaMcneciy Pure, tender thoughts filled with love and little moments that mean everything

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From *The Children’s Train* by Viola Ardone.

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Take care to meet those who don’t fit in. Seek out the extreme souls, the deliriums, the enchantments. Seek a woman or man who doesn’t belong to this world. Seek Joan of Arc, Giordano Bruno.

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Enrica, what have you ever done that was so serious? From *The Art of Connecting People* by Paolo Milone

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Reading these words by Rupi Kaur made my mind walk backward—to buried memories, silent mistakes, and a time when I looked without truly seeing. After a relationship ends tragically, it’s easy to become hardened and take our pain out on someone

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A little Patrizia Cavalli 🤍

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The past year has changed many things. Change doesn’t always arrive as a bright rebirth. Sometimes it comes quietly, through fear, exhaustion, and pain. Those living with an eating disorder often face something invisible to others but deafening

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Poetry by Innamoresia 🤍

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Poetry from the collection “Imaginary Love” by Maria Rosaria Desi. An intimate, creative, bold yet authentic, profound and harmonious collection. Each poem vividly captures something that happened, is happening, or is about to happen. Every verse

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Tomorrow in myself… from “Weaknesses” by Marco Della Mura.

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When I need certainty, I always return to where I feel safe: among the pages that have comforted me. Only one author welcomes me like no other: Murakami. I don’t know why he never received the Nobel Prize, but I award him my own for always finding

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Be your own good beginning.

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Take care and stay well. This Latin phrase was once used to close letters, a simple yet sincere wish for the reader’s health and peace. Today, it still feels relevant: well-being means balance, time for yourself, and self-care. My wish for you

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Stubborn as I am, I decided to test the Sally Rooney effect once more, almost to convince myself to like her. After reading all her novels, it’s time to let her go. That said, I didn’t dislike this book at all. In many ways, I found it genuinely

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At least once, we have all found ourselves in that “dark wood, ” felt the weight of doubt, and sought our path through guilt and redemption. Like Dante, we can find guidance, rise again, and rediscover the wonder of seeing the stars. May his poetry

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Good night, friends.