the fact that i’m no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once related to is so heartbreaking. i age, they don’t. the immortality of fiction is beautiful but cruel
if you’re saying abortion should ONLY happen if a woman is raped or abused, you’re basically saying that she has to be violated FIRST to have access to a basic human right.
When disaster causes his crops to fail after sowing, a farmer does not stop farming. He takes stock of the situation, musters the courage to plant again. Why? Because that is his purpose. Because he must feed his family& the nation. We sow again & again until the harvests come.