“non-fiction” by bill winchester
“You are a writer.”
In 1988, two psychologists published an article arguing that positive self-deception is a normal and advantageous part of most people’s lives. It turns out, people lie to themselves about three things: they view themselves in implausibly positive ways, they think they have far more control over their lives than they actually do, and they believe the future will be better than the evidence of the present can possibly justify. But, you’re way beyond that now. You’re on the other side of that particular mirror. Lying to yourself isn’t going to help anymore.
Luther (via thepoliticalp)
Yesterday was the 57th anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks. 57 years ago Rosa refused to move from her seat to the back of the bus.
It was only 57 years ago that it was legal to tell someone just because of their skin color they had to give up their seat. Discrimination like this was widely accepted, it took one brave person to stand up and fight it.
Yesterday President Obama visited the bus Rosa Parks was arrested in. It’s a powerful photo.
Don’t forget the recent past.
“A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune”
― William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Always be reading.
Because I don’t need my contacts on rest days. Feeling blessed. Thank you Lord! #ea #beach #rd
Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
Gabriel García Márquez (via amandaonwriting)
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In Between Breaths: A Slow Metamorphosis
He had acknowledged a change would happen, it was inevitable, but he had hoped, didn’t he? Had conspired to keep the girl he first kissed, and the woman years later he promised to cherish. He had wished her to always remember the boy who had pulled her hair, and the man who, later help her raise…
