#sappho

Even as individuals become families and families become communities, and communities become nations, so eventually must the nations draw together in peace. ↗

— Marjorie Watts

#c-a-dawson-scott #communities #humanity #individuals #international-relations

Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me, Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature…. ↗

— Sappho

#eros #lesbian #love #poetry #sappho

When you take advice from a cat, there are always consequences. ↗

— Elora Bishop

#cat #elora-bishop #humor #sappho-s-fables #humor

You are arrogant," says the cat, "and you are in love. Either one of these things alone might be overcome, but together, they make for a stubborn combination. ↗

— Elora Bishop

#braided #elora-bishop #love #sappho-s-fables #love

The inextinguishable lesbian spark. You've surely heard about it? The one that was first ignited at Lesbos, because Sappho was so sad every time a young woman left the academy that she wrote her a poem. Fancy being sad because someone leaves! Perverted, that's what I call it. Don't you? ↗

— Gerd Brantenberg

#sappho #sarcasm #nature