When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating.
Be yourself and you will find, who minds doesn't matter and who matters won't mind.
When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.
Silence is deeply woven into the fabric of female experience.
These days, the selfie and its main outlet, Instagram, generally come in for much adult loathing. But consider this: The selfie is a tiny pulse of girl pride—a shout-out to the self. … The selfie suggests something in picture form—I think I look [beautiful] [happy] [funny] [sexy]. Do you?—that a girl could never get away with saying. It puts the gaze of the camera squarely in a girl’s hands, and along with it, the power to influence the photo’s interpretation.
There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away.
Gossip harms relationships and that's why it's bad. While we all do it at times, there's a point where it crosses the line and becomes bullying if it damages friendships and causes people to dislike someone.
Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.
When you don't even get to try, you're like in a vacuum.
Fear-filled words will defeat you, but faith-filled words will put you over!
We're not cognitively equipped to deal with it. And it's becoming a problem, frankly. It's part of the reason why I quit Facebook. We all hear these things and read reports about how our attention spans are shrinking. It makes me wonder about the generation growing up now, how it will affect their brain development.