From James Baldwin, The Art Of Fiction No. 78, Interviewed By Jordan Elgrably, Paris Review (no. 91,

from “James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction No. 78,” interviewed by Jordan Elgrably, Paris Review (no. 91, Spring 1984)

Nikki Giovanni, from “Mirrors”

[Text ID: … but It Cannot Be A Mistake to have cared … It Cannot Be An Error to have tried … It Cannot Be Incorrect to have loved]

“‘I wish it need not have happened in my lifetime,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what do with the time given us.’”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

““if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.” ― Toni Morrison”

— (via yourpersonalcheerleader)

always remember that love will always come back to u. in a different form, different person, different hobby, different touch. but in any way, love will always come back.

consciousness is a gift but it is has tricked us into thinking that we can simply will ourselves into higher or otherwise more improved versions of our person through endless introspection. all other creatures in the animal kingdom recognize that change only comes from action…..when a lizard feels sick, they’ll lay in the sun because they know sunlight manufactures much needed nutrients. there is very limited action -> reaction in the darkness of your skull unless it’s in some way informed by the things happening around you, and “growth” being isolated in this way can only serve to endlessly recontextualize thoughts, memories and feelings to the point where they are rendered irrelevant to the reality they were based in. I wrote this paragraph largely just to deliver that lizard fact.