“Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them. There is no shame in being sad or struggling or trying to heal. We are all desperate, depraved and sacred. We are all terrible and brillIant. I can list all the things that can make a girl want to escape her own body (re: patriarchy). But I’d rather list all the things that make me want to stay in my body, and adorn it like a home, rub oils into my skin, tell it how sorry I am for trying to leave, for trying to hurt it into submission” IfsWantTryingI CanHomeBodyGirlHurtSecretStruggleShareTerribleSkinsShameSacredSorryOilBrilliantListsHealDesperateAshamedPatriarchySubmissionDepravedBeing Sad Author:Warsan Shire
“Because I've been around forever and ever, like wallpaper, people ask me for secrets... it's the same with my skin care range; that's out of necessity. As soon as I saw the first signs, I bought everything in the market.” PeopleFirstsCareAsksSecretForeverSawsSkinsRangeAsk MeSkin Care Author:Lulu
“When you meet the one. It just clicks. Clicking is important in a relationship. When you click, you share the same passion and worldviews, ambitions and dreams. You are willing to share your inner thoughts, fears, desires and secrets. When you click, your partner makes you comfortable in your skin, he or she knows what you need even you're quiet, knows when to give advice and when to just listen. When you click, you allow your partner to steadily be what they desire to be, while you be a steady presence” KnowsNeedsGivingImportantDreamDesirePassionFriendshipSecretShareAdviceWillingQuietAmbitionComfortableSkinsPartnersSteadyWorldviewClicksJust ListenAmbitions And Dreams Author:Rita Zahara
“I support all people on earth who have bodies like and unlike my body, skins and moles and old scars, secret and public hair, crooked toes. I support those who have done nothing large.” PeopleDoneBodyEarthSecretCompassionSupportHairSkinsHumanismScarToesCrookedMoles Book:Red Suitcase: Poems Source: Red Suitcase: Poems
“Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for his wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his skin and the blood of his body and the life of his heart, and placing her in the hands of the fruit of his toil and the revenue of his diligence; for when he slowly wakes up, he finds that the heart that he endeavored to buy is given away freely and in sincerity to another man for the enjoyment of its hidden secrets and deepest love.” MenHeartBodyHandsGivenSecretWifeBloodFeetHe ManSkinsWake UpFruitMiserableEnjoymentSinceritySweatToilRevenueAnother ManDiligencePouringHidden SecretsDeepest Love Author:Khalil Gibran
“Before the boiling of blood and the searing of skin comes the secret catastrophe: Before Life on Earth becomes finally merely impossible, it will for a long time before have become completely unbearable.” LongEarthSecretImpossibleBloodLong TimeSkinsCatastropheUnbearableBoiling Book:Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition Source: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition