We lose the habit of reading because we’re afraid of wasting our time. We think we need to be productive and “on the go” at all times. But people are not machines, and you are nourished by naps and fiction and basking in sunlight, no less than by food and drink.
Tom Anholt's narrative paintings exude a sense of humanity, capturing the emotions, feelings, and experiences that color our daily worlds. https://t.co/wV9ZGqCLjI
Ancient Egyptian beadnet dress made of faience and gold, from the reign of the pharaoh Khufu, Dynasty 4, 2551-2528 BC. On display at the Boston MFA (2018)
The loneliness became more and more unbearable. I ached to be touched. I feared I was disappearing and I'd cease to exist if someone didn't touch me.
Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues
Yes, dearest Vita: I do miss you; I think of you: I have a million things, not so much to say, as to sink into you. Tell me how you are and be very careful.
Virginia Woolf, letter to Vita Sackville-West
She had the swagger of a girl. She blushed like a boy. She had a girl’s toughness. She has a boy’s gentleness. She was as meaty as a girl. She was as graceful as a boy. She was as brave and handsome and rough as a girl.
Ali Smith, Girl Meets Boy