“I drove past your house yesterday
and wondered if you still remember
how I look,
sound,
feel.
Foolish, I know.
It’s so beautifully arrogant though,
how you still demand to be felt.”

— and how easily I concede

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Wow. Yes.

“Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it’s true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn’t fade and the scars don’t heal, and it’s too damned late.”

— Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

— Amy Tan

“I’ve come to realize I don’t need someone who will set my world on fire. My life has a way of bursting into flames more often than I’d like. What I need is someone who will help soothe my burns and remove the smoke from my lungs, showing me exactly how I can learn to breathe again.”

— dw | Ignite

“Do it or don’t. It’s amazing how many things in life are that easy.”

—	Henry Rollins

“There are certain
names
that will always
taste like regret and
stomach acid
on my tongue.”

— Michelle K., People I Decided to Let Go

“Scare the world: Be exactly who you say you are and tell the truth.”

—

I don't think that butterflies, and chills are sustainable. Not because people are inherently incapable of staying excited about each other, but because when we first fall in love it isn't just about the other person. It is the thrill of finding someone who believes that you are funny and attractive, who laughs at your jokes, and is willing to believe that you never wear sweats to bed. Someone who can look at you and see this very best version of yourself and believe that it is actually you. That is thrilling

- thought catalog 

“Instead of writing,
I would rather be saying
all these words to you.”
—

“It’s like having homework for the rest of your life.”

—	David Duchovny, in “Californication”, on being a writer.

“I wonder how many times you compared me to her.”

“Accept everything about yourself–I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end–no apologies, no regrets.”

- Clark Moustakas

“When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.”

- Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

Judy Blume

 “I am not scared of you. I am scare of these feelings.”

“Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be.” 

“Nothing matters but the moment. There might be no tomorrow and even if there is, nobody gives a damn.” 

“You can’t deny they ever happened. You can’t deny you ever loved them – love them still – even if loving them causes you pain” 

“Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.” 

“What’s the point of thinking about how it’s going to end when it’s just the beginning?” 

“It’s not so much that I like him as a person, God, but as a boy he’s very handsome.” 

“It’s strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart – even when I’m sure I will.” 

“I wanted to tell him that I will never be sorry for loving him. That in a way I still do – that maybe I always will. I’ll never regret one single thing we did together because what we had was very special. Maybe if we were ten years older it would have worked out differently. Maybe. I think it’s just that I’m not ready for forever.”

“Truth is, I’m a fucking romantic. I’m difficult but I promise — I’m not boring.”

— Amy Winehouse, from an interview featured in GQ Magazine

“What wonderful thing didn’t start out scary?”

— Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“I’ve stopped being sorry for all my soft. I won’t apologise because I miss you, or because I said it, or because I text you first, or again. I think everyone spends too much time trying to close themselves off. I don’t want to be cool or indifferent, I want to be honest. If I love you at 5AM, I’d damn well rather that you know I felt it. If I love you two hours later, I’ll tell you then too. Listen, I won’t wait double the time it takes for you to text me back because I don’t want to. I don’t care enough to be patient with you. I’m happy, you made me feel that way, don’t you want to know? So that’s how it’s going to be. I’m going to leave myself as open as a church door. And I’m going to wake you up before the crack of dawn to tell you that I’m fucking joyful, no pretending, not from me, not ever. Would you like some coffee, would you please kiss me? Here, these are my hands, this is my mouth, it is all yours.”

— Azra.T “Don’t Wait Three Days to Text First.”

Always

“I’m always soft for you, that’s the problem. You could come knocking on my door five years from now and I would open my arms wider and say ‘come here, it’s been too long, it felt like home with you.’”

— Azra.T “My Heart is Full of Open Windows.

If someone doesn’t care about losing you: Move on. There are thousands of people that will die and kill to not lose you.

Unknown

“There was nothing beautiful about how it ended. You fucked up my life.”

— Stop Thinking Too Much