And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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Shakespeare - Writer’s Block - an Animation
So funny, I love all the little extras like the saucy Queen Liz poster in the background
via Brain Pickings
In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdon Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdon — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family — responded spectacularly by way of the letter [That you can read by clicking the link - It really is amazing]




