I had all of the love in the world but I could not see it. We are blind when we don’t know how to love the very bones and blood that make us.
AIJA MAYROCK
AIJA MAYROCK
Aija Mayrock on blood
Aija Mayrock22 quotes“I had all of the love in the world but I could not see it. We are blind when we don’t know how to love the very bones and blood that make us.”
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You’re too powerful to be a slave of acceptance.
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Aija MayrockAija Mayrock You’re too powerful to be a slave of acceptance.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock If you don’t set your spirit free now then when will you find your wild.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock And one day I hope your path leads you to a place where you love yourself as much as I love you.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock Their compliments should not define you and nor should their criticism break you.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock There is a fire raging inside you; do not allow anyone to extinguish it. And so on these nights when you think you are broken, remember the flame, and feel it burn.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock There is a world up ahead where people are not targeted for beliefs or bodies, where peace isn’t a fantasy but reality. Build the world you hope your children will see.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock Shame bleeds through generation to generation. That is not the legacy I wish for you.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock Be the light that floods the wounds of people lost in their own darkness.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock If you don’t set your spirit free now then when will you find your wild.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock Missing you is the cruelest thing I could do to my heart, and maybe that’s why I do it: its easier to hurt myself than love myself.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock We all have a voice. If you take a stand, you could be changing someones life.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock Never allow any soul to clips your wings, you were born an ember. You were born a flame.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock There is a world up ahead where people are not targeted for beliefs or bodies, where peace isn’t a fantasy but reality. Build the world you hope your children will see.
Aija MayrockAija Mayrock Peer into the depths of your soul and see – your magic exceeds that of the stars. Imagine you are viewing the universe you are.
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Clare GuintuClare Guintu I release my handsfree the reins, as the blood diminishes through my empty veins; allowing life to flow as I go into the light that’s resided in my soul.
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Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett In the end not every bleeding thing dies; at least, not like a paper plays in fire.
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