Bearded Nun

My name is Sarah. I'm 22. I love books and critical thinking. I don't eat animals because I once thought critically about it.

The Out Campaign: Scarlet Letter of Atheism

~ Saturday, May 19 ~

“ In just the same way, if he had decided that immortality and God do not exist, he would have immediately joined the atheists and socialists (for socialism is not only the labor question or the question of the so-called fourth estate, but first of all the question of atheism, the question of the modern embodiment of atheism, the question of the Tower of Babel built precisely without God, not to go from earth to heaven but to bring heaven down to earth).

— The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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~ Thursday, May 17 ~

“ I do not know the details but have only heard that, it seems, the ward, who was a meek, gentle, uncomplaining girl, was once taken out of a noose that she had hung from a nail in the closet—so hard was it for her to endure the willfulness and eternal nagging of the old woman, who was apparently not wicked but had become a most insufferable crank from sheer idleness.

— The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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~ Friday, May 11 ~

Job Search

It’s nightmarish! I have no idea how to explain the 4 year gap on my resume and I don’t know whether or not I should lie about being fired from 3 out of 4 of the jobs I’ve had. The inability to even fill out a job application let alone get hired for a position at Wet Seal is thoroughly depressing.

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~ Saturday, May 5 ~

My boyfriend’s mom said I was trying to ruin his graduation because I’m jealous. So that’s the kind of day I’m having.

~ Friday, May 4 ~