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Mermaid. 2013

"If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There’s an initial uprush of relief at first, then-for me, anyway- a profound dislocation. My old assumptions about how the world works are buried, yet my new ones aren’t yet operational.There’s been a death of sorts, but without a few days in hell, no resurrection is possible."- Mary Karr, Lit: A Memoir (via emotional-algebra)

"If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), “Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?” chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death."- Steven Pressfield (via emotional-algebra)

"Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen."- Frances Hodgson Burnett (via emotional-algebra)

"You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone’s so shocked or impressed that you’re baring your soul, while to you it’s nothing, because you know you’ve twenty more layers to go."- Craig Thompson, Carnet de Voyage (via emotional-algebra)
(via emotional-algebra)