17 year old Alicia Keys in her bedroom studio - Harlem, New York
One thing about me, I don’t distance myself from people to teach them a lesson, I distance myself because I finally learned mine.
Travel and tell no one. Live a true love story and tell no one. Live happily and tell no one. People ruin beautiful things.
Khalil Gibran
Being with someone who wants to learn about your past history, not to punish or hurt you, but to learn how you need to be loved
Normalize not forcing people to choose you. If they think they can find better elsewhere – let them. Respectfully.
i call my parents and say ‘yeah i can’t do family stuff tonight, i got too much stuff to do for school’ and i e-mail my professor and say ‘i can’t do my assignments tonight, work got crazy’ and i text my boss and say ‘sorry i can’t work late tonight, i gotta some family stuff’ and through this triangulation of deceitful excuses i at last will be free
“Land Back”
Spotted in a public bathroom in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada
December 16, 1930
The early diary of Anaïs Nin, 1903-1977