“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
— Baruch Spinoza
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the truth is: i care. i care too much and perhaps my life would be easier if i cared too little.
khush bakht via wordedarchive
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Ama Codjoe, from Bluest Nude: Poems; “Bluest Nude”
[Text ID: “I crave. I want to be seen clearly or not at all.”]
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Rebecca Perry, Beauty/Beauty; from 'Kintsugi 金継ぎ'
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"Days will pass, and you'll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally, accept a reality."
– Nizar Qabbani
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"I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot explain it to myself."
- Franz Kafka
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Albert Camus, from a letter to Maria Casarès written in August 1948
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“Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.”
— Otto von Bismarck
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