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“Men have used her meanly. She will eat them. Eat them, eat them, eat them in the end.”
— Sylvia Plath, from Three Women in “The Collected Poems Of Sylvia Plath”
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“Choose your words carefully, even the words you think, because they become seeds, and seeds become history.”
— Mary E. Pearson, Dance of Thieves
Reblogged jinxysmidcentury
Disneyland. 1955. By Loomis Dean.
Reblogged mercurialkitty
the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” is actually not the full phrase it actually is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back” so don’t let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu
consultingmoosecaptain
See also:
Blood is thicker than water The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.
Meaning that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth.
Let’s not forget that “Jack of all trades, master of none” ends with “But better than a master of one.”
It means that being equally good/average at everything is much better than being perfect at one thing and sucking at everything else. So don’t worry if you’re not perfect at something you do! Being okay is better!
thelastmellophone
These made me feel better
Also, “great minds think alike” ends with “but fools rarely differ”
It goes to show that conformity isn’t always a good thing. And that just because more than one person has the same idea, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea.
becausetheintrovert
what the fuck why haven’t i heard the full version to any of these
unlimitedtrashworks
“Birds of a feather flock together” ends with “until the cat comes.”
It’s actually a warning about fair-weather friends, not an assessment of how complementary people are.
monsters-and-teeth
I’ve always felt like these were cut down on purpose.
evil-shenanigans-alpha
I really like these phrases and plan on spreading this knowledge.
The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
its-kk-yo
I want to make designs out of these.
Funny how all the half-finished ones encourage uniformity and upholding the status-quo, while the complete proverbs encourage like…living exciting, eclectic lives driven by choice and personal passion.
tentaclabia
NICE
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We lived, as usual, by ignoring. Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (via readsquotes)
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bluevvegas-deactivated20230701
do you ever learn a new fact and it fucks you over really badly even though it has no effect on your life but it still feels like your whole life was a lie anyways hey did you know barcode scanners scan the white spaces in between and not actually the black bars
paper-storm
THEY FUCKING WHAT
stripper poles spin, not the strippers.
Reblogged theycallmegomer
Sailin’ ‘round the world in a dirty gondola Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!
BOB DYLAN, "When I Paint My Masterpiece”