“ - When The Truth Offends, We Lie And Lie Until We Can No Longer Remember It Is Even There.

A Different World

“You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that’s why I’m scared when you say you love me.”

— Bob Marley (via thegoodvybe)

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.”

—  Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via amortizing)

Dancing on the beach in The Gambia

“Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.”

— Dalai Lama XIV (via naturaekos)

“Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.”

— Don Miguel Ruiz (via naturaekos)

The fetishization of Black boys and men needs to be better studied. #ProtectBlackBoys #PanAfricanPropaganda

I TRIED TELLING THEM

Just love

“The only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.”

— Glennon Melton, Carry On, Warrior (via goodreadss)

“You don’t pass or fail at being a person, dear.”

— Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane (via naturaekos)