'It was a true smile, which let her know that all the others he had given her were not.'
as you get older, you realize that you’re not always right and there’s so many things you could’ve handled better, so many situations where you could’ve been kinder and all you can really do is forgive yourself and let your mistakes make you a better person.
me, making a phone call: god i hope they don’t answer
Mezquita-Catedral de nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Córdoba, Spain
you: astrology isn’t real
me, pointing to every scorpio simultaneously: then explain THIS
I’m very fond of walking. Yes, yes, I know.
i finally finished setting up my workspace in my new apartment and honestly??? i’m completely in love
“Women have another option. They can aspire to be wise, not merely nice; to be competent, not merely helpful; to be strong, not merely graceful; to be ambitious for themselves, not merely for themselves in relation to men and children. They can let themselves age naturally and without embarrassment, actively protesting and disobeying the conventions that stem from this society’s double standard about aging. Instead of being girls, girls as long as possible, who then age humiliatingly into middle-aged women, they can become women much earlier – and remain active adults, enjoying the long, erotic career of which women are capable, far longer. Women should allow their faces to show the lives they have lived. Women should tell the truth.”— Susan Sontag, The Double Standard of Aging (1972)
