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People took such awful chances with chemicals and their bodies because they wanted the quality of their lives to improve. They lived in ugly places where there were only ugly things to do. They didn't own doodley-squat, so they couldn't improve their surroundings. so they did their best to make their insides beautiful instead. ↗
#body #breakfast-of-champions #chemicals #human #kurt-vonnegut
Symbols can be so beautiful, sometimes. ↗
#beauty #breakfast-of-champions #kurt-vonnegut #sometimes #symbol
But I'm terrified of giving up my career only to have the whole thing backfire in my face. What if I move down there and it doesn't work out?" "What if you don't and you never know what might have been? Can you live with that? ↗
#addison-donavon #beauty-from-surrender #georgia-cates #laurelyn-prescott #paige-beckett
I wouldn’t want you to get in the shower and then pass out or some such. How about if I help you get out of your clothes? I’m an expert in platonic undressings.” He gave me that wicked smile. “Give it a rest. I’m not going to strip naked in front of you, and I’d rather pee in private.” “Half the injuries in a home happen in the bathroom. What kind of friend would I be to let you face that kind of danger alone? I mean, sure, you walked out of death, but this is a shower.” “Shame. Get out of my bathroom. ↗
#devon-monk #shame #death
The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various individuals’, or groups of individuals’, experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their “pursuit of happiness” to outright obliterating it. ↗
#demographics-of-united-states #diversity #equality #freedom #george-zimmerman