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Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 70

"I am closer to the end and my work is not finished"

"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
— Dylan Thomas

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 69

"What is the definition of masculinity? Live by your own definition."

"I am no more modest than I am immodest."
— Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 68

"I focus on what I can't control, while ignoring what I can improve."

"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
— Epictetus, Enchiridion

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 67

"Do now. Think later. Thank, forgive, love & be you."

"Walk on air against your better judgment."
— Seamus Heaney, The Cure at Troy

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 66

"Masculinity is having the courage to define who I am to the world."

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
— e.e. cummings

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 65

"I wish I could let go of my pride and shame. Then I could know myself."

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."
— Ernest Hemingway

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 64

"Manhood, to behold life's journey"

"I am large, I contain multitudes."
— Walt Whitman

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 63

"STOP performing START existing"

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them."
— Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 62

"I'm used to knowing what I'm doing and feeling. Just the idea of being photographed and taking direction makes me feel exposed and vulnerable."

"Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."
— Brené Brown

Masculinity and the Hunger to be Known | No. 61
"I want to express masculinity in a way that makes my sisters proud of me"

"The truth is that masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain."
— Norman Mailer, The Prisoner of S*x