honestly missionaries are evil. the idea of traveling the world to tell people Who Didnt Fucking Ask that their beliefs are wrong in the hopes that theyll adopt your beliefs seems sinister
An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: “If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?”
“No,” said the priest, “not if you did not know.”
“Then why,” asked the Inuit earnestly, “did you tell me?”
~Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
- I want that hopelessly romantic love. Not this
A poet knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Leonardo da Vinci (via purplebuddhaproject)
Maps in books are the best.
If you’re going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.
Oprah Winfrey (via purplebuddhaproject)
