"To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful."

“Shallow breathing is the root of all evil but conscious deep breathing restores and secures our souls.”

“It's probably not love if you don't press your face to the toilet seat after they've used it to feel their warmth.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 4, 2013

“STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL FAUX VOMIT: 1 cup of cooked oatmeal 1.2 cup of sour cream (or buttermilk ranch dressing or anything that smells like rancid, sour milk) 2 chopped cheese sticks (for chunkiness) 1 uncooked egg (for authentic slimy texture) 1 can of split pea soup (for putrid green color) 1/4 cup of raisins (to increase gross-osity) Mix ingredients and simmer over low heat for 2 minutes Let mixture cool to warm vomit temperature Use liberally as needed Makes 4 to 5 cups”

“Representation, then, is not - nor can it be - neutral; it is an act - indeed the founding act - of power in our culture.”

Source : Craig Owens, Scott Stewart Bryson (1994). “Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power, and Culture”, p.91, Univ of California Press

“People leave when life becomes untenable where they are.”

Source : "The Great Migration & ‘The Warmth Of Other Suns’: Isabel Wilkerson On The African American Immigrant Story". www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2010.

“If I want to do action, you don't really get to do it. They don't let you, there's too much on the line to let you jump out of a building.”

“On the basis of the familiar experience that that which is learned with difficulty is better retained, it would have been safe to prophesy such an effect from the greater number of repetitions.”

Source : Hermann Ebbinghaus “Memory”, Рипол Классик

“Because of my unique experience as my mom's child, the beginning of my journey was more about me trying to figure out who I was on my own. My mom is one of the greatest moms and so supportive of all my siblings and of all of us being who we are, and not who she wanted us to be.”