"Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth, because only in the stillness can we hear the truth of our own unique voices."
@5 months ago with 1557 notes
"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind."
@8 months ago with 37 notes
"I sit on a man’s back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible, except getting off his back."
@8 months ago with 1011 notes
#privilege #leo tolstoy