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Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 54

"I always saw a sparkle in my eyes. I'm afraid I've lost it."

"I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
— W.B. Yeats

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 53

"I need to be honest with myself, so I can face my fear head on."

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."
— Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 52

"I always wanted to fit in till I realized it was better to be myself"

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 51

"Life has so many uncertainties already, be certain in yourself"

"To know what you know and what you do not know — that is true knowledge."
— Confucius

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 50

"If I don't take the leap of faith it will always be no"

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
— Anaïs Nin

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 49

"Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have"

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
— Epictetus

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 48
"I want to stop hiding."

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
— George Eliot

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 47

"I am too white"

"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
— James Baldwin, No Name in the Street

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 46

"Masculinity is at the center of my story. Was I enough?"

"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am."
— Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 45

"Look at me."

"I am here. I exist."
— Albert Camus, The Stranger