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Loneliness chosen is always preferable to loneliness imposed


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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.

When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.



The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.



[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.



The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.

The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.



As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.

As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.



To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.

To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.



What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.

What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.



The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.

The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.



Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.

Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.



Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.

Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.





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One can travel the world and experience a lot of different things. But until all corners of the mind are openly explored does one gain deeper insight to the essence of living!~

One can travel the world and experience a lot of different things. But until all corners of the mind are openly explored does one gain deeper insight to the essence of living!~



Choice is the basis of every part of your existence, but so is fear. The difference is, choice creates movement, where fear limits movement.

Choice is the basis of every part of your existence, but so is fear. The difference is, choice creates movement, where fear limits movement.



Sometimes, when we are sad, we have to do the opposite of sad. Sometimes we have to sing.

Sometimes, when we are sad, we have to do the opposite of sad. Sometimes we have to sing.



Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.



Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.



You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.

You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.



Jack Sprat could eat no fat,His wife could eat no lean. A real sweet pair of neurotics.

Jack Sprat could eat no fat,His wife could eat no lean. A real sweet pair of neurotics.



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What I like to do is to try to win as many tournaments and as many majors as I can, and with him [Tiger Woods] in the field, it just gives it more credibility, whatever it is I am able to accomplish.

What I like to do is to try to win as many tournaments and as many majors as I can, and with him [Tiger Woods] in the field, it just gives it more credibility, whatever it is I am able to accomplish.



I don’t see the point of truth anymore, it causes just as much heartbreak as lying.

I don’t see the point of truth anymore, it causes just as much heartbreak as lying.




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