"Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as an escape."

-Bell Hooks (via mishproductions)

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"I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God."

- Helen Keller (via permenantheadamage)

"How nice - to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."

-Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five (via honeyforthehomeless)

"I thought, how could I not be in water every day? It is like sleep. Better. It is better than food that can fatten or sleep that can haunt. It is like breathing. But better."

-Francesca Lia Block (via fauxlita)