luthienne:

“We’ve been keeping our deaths a secret so as to make our lives possible.”

— Clarice Lispector, from An Apprenticeship, or The Book of Delights

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

there’s a sexist component to homophobia. It seems like a big part of homophobia in straight males is fear of being seen sexually by men. That is, fear of being treated by gay men the same way that straight men treat women. Because straight men have built a culture where men degrade people (women) by reducing them to sexual objects.

I have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again —

Georgia O’Keeffe, in a letter to Russel Vernon Hunter, from Georgia O’Keeffe: Art and Letters
(via luthienne)

You tried to change, didn’t you?
Closed your mouth more,
tried to be softer, prettier,
less volatile, less awake
You can’t make homes out of human beings.
Someone should have already told you that.

Warshan Shire, For Women Who Are Difficult To Love (via alunit)