whoa.

"I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all-- absolutely not at all-- interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in the pursuit of positivity. I am interested in pursuing a truth, and the truth often seems to be not happiness but its opposite."

when speaking about her brother:

"His life was a passive event. It had no shape. His life was sort of waiting to happen. As he died, that seemed to be what was going to happen -- so one could only say that he never lived. He sort of died all the time. It was one of the frustrating things in taking care of him that I sometimes seemed to care more whether he lived. I didn't like that."

- excerpts from an interview with Jamaica Kincaid, an outstanding author from the West Indies .

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"The best way will be to avoid each other without appearing to do so -- or if we jostle, at any rate not to bite ." - Lord Byron (1788-1824)

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"memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, and the things you never want to lose ." - Kevin Arnold .

basically, that quote is some nonsense lol . i simply don't agree . memories are not simply distributed into "keep", "delete", and "store for later" files . things we hate, misperceptions of things we are not, and things we want to forget are also used in the capacity of memories . Just because a person says a quote, does not mean that it is credible . please remember that .

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we miss you lauryn :/

"Why every Indian wanna be the chief?
Feed a man 'til he's full and he still want beef
Give me grief, try to tief off my piece
Why for you to increase, I must decrease ?"


- Lauryn Hill , singer/emcee/poet/philosopher/artist

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"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong , author .

A is for almost .

"im selfish , impatient, and a little insecure . i make mistakes . i am out of control and at times hard to handle . but if you cant handle me at my worst then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best ." - Marylin Monroe .

if anything , i have learned one, vital lesson .

find a person who sees the worth in you , so much in fact, that they are willing . someone willing to deal with the hard times because your worth could never be appraised . someone who is willing to stand by you because they cant see it any other way .

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"As a teenager, I rebelled and wanted to break out of the confines of my strict upbringing. I'm not bragging, but i was in situations as a teenager where i could have easily ended up doing a lot of time ... My mother ... would come out in the street and embarrass me ... She would come and get me. My partners would be laughing ... These are the same partners that are doing life now."
- Denzel Washington , actor.