18 5 / 2013
The girl on the left, Somana, is a wonderful, courageous girl who was kidnapped and sold to a brothel at 14. The brothel gouged out her eye as punishment when she complained. After we wrote about her, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited her on a trip to Cambodia—and the visit reverberated through the Cambodian bureaucracy. The message was that maybe these girls matter after all, if America cares about them.
(via royallyclinton)
15 5 / 2013
“There are places I remember
all my life, though some have changed.
Some forever, not for better.
Some have gone, and some remain.
All these places have their moments
with lovers and friends, I still can recall.
Some are dead and some are living
in my life, I’ve loved them all.”
(Source: shouldyouneedalovethatstrue, via sian-valentine)
