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“she lives the poetry she cannot write”—oscar wilde

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“Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow part of your chest— Grief is just love with no place to go.” Jamie Anderson

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Freedom to do what I want to do has given me back my womanhood. In my forties, I’m trying things for what feels like the rst time. I feel like the woman in me was pushed down for so long.

Now, really, I’m roaring back to life.

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“God must have been with me through that period of time. Three months into my connement, I started to believe that my little heart, whatever made me Britney, was no longer inside my body anymore. Something bigger must have been carrying me through, because it was too much for me to bear alone.”— Britney Spears, The Women In Me

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“if you guys are trying to trick me into feeling bad for saying no— i’m not going to fall for it again.”— Britney Spears, The Women In Me

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“If no one is used to you being assertive, they get very freaked out when you start speaking your mind. I felt myself turning into their worst fear. I was a queen now, and starting to speak up. I imagined them bowing down to me. I felt my power surging back.”— Britney Spears, The Women In Me

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“as parents we’re always telling our children, “stay safe. don’t do this; don’t do that.” but even though safety is the most important thing, i also think it’s important to have awakenings and challenge ourselves to feel liberated, to be fearless and experience everything the world has to offer.”— Britney Spears, The Women In Me

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“if i can manifest anything, i thought, let me manifest an end to this.” Britney Spears, The Women In Me

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the saddest part to me was that what i always wanted was a dad who would love me as i was—somebody who would say, “i just love you. you could do anything right now. i’d still love you with unconditional love.”— Britney Spears, The Woman In Me

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“the greatest teacher, failure is.” —yoda, the last jedi

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“when the gods wish to punish us— they answer our players.” Oscar Wilde

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“Things don’t happen all at once, of course.

They start gradually, changes occurring imperceptibly.

You barely notice the differences, and once they make themselves known, they seem so small that you easily accept them, adjust your life in a minuscule way.

Everyone can make minuscule adjustments.

Then there’s another change, a bigger one, but you can still adjust so easily. No problem, really.

Then another change, another adjustment, and so on and so on— and before you know it, you’re living a life that by all accounts should be unrecognizable but to you is just normal. Your life is that of a stranger’s, but it doesn’t bother you at all.” —Carissa Orlando, the September House

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“it takes strength to forgive— but i don’t feel strong” olivia rodrigo, the grudge

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“It all began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all. One by one, the free peoples of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of men and elves marched against the armies of Mordor, and on the very slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth. Victory was near, but the power of the ring could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword. And Sauron, enemy of the free peoples of Middle-Earth, was defeated. The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever, but the hearts of men are easily corrupted. And the ring of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur, to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, the ring ensnared a new bearer. The ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels under the Misty Mountains, and there it consumed him. The ring gave to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind; and in the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear, and the Ring of Power perceived. Its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum. But then something happened that the Ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable. A Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, of the Shire. For the time will soon come when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all...” Galadriel

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“a person is more than their experiences stacked up like stones— our best moments are foundations we use to reach for the sky” —yumi and the nightmare painter, Brandon Sanderson

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“Es literalmente imposible ser mujer. Eres muy hermosa e inteligente y me parte el alma que no creas ser suficientemente buena.

Es como si siempre tuviéramos que ser extraordinarias, pero de algún modo, siempre lo estamos haciendo mal.

Tenemos que ser delgadas, pero no demasiado. No puedes decir que quieres ser delgada, sino que debes decir que quieres un peso sano, pero sí tienes que estar delgada.

Tienes que tener dinero, pero no puedes pedir dinero, porque eso sería grosero. Debes ser jefa, pero no puedes ser dura. Debes liderar, pero no puedes aplastar las ideas ajenas.

Tienes que amar ser madre, pero no hables de tus hijos todo el tiempo. Tienes que ser una profesional, pero al mismo tiempo, siempre cuidar a todos los demás.

Tienes que responsable de la mala conducta de los hombres, lo que es de locos, pero si haces notar eso, se te acusa de ser una quejumbrosa.

Tienes que mantenerte bonita para los hombres, pero no tan bonita para como para tentarlos y amenazar a otras mujeres porque se supone que debes ser parte de la sororidad.

Siempre tienes que destacar y siempre ser muy agradecida. Pero nunca olvides que el sistema está arreglado, pero encuentra la forma de ser agradecida.

No debes envejecer nunca, nunca ser grosera, nunca presumir, nunca ser egoísta, nunca fracasar, nunca tropezar, nunca mostrar miedo, nunca ser impertinente.

Es muy difícil y es demasiado contradictorio y nadie te da una medalla o te dice gracias. Y resulta que no solo estás haciendo todo mal, sino que todo es tu culpa.

Ya me cansé de verme a mí misma y cada una de las mujeres del mundo hacer hasta lo imposible para que los demás nos quieran.” BARBIE, 2023

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"we were a team that survived only thanks to the army."— BTS, Beyond The Story