October 2011
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All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
– Henry Ellis (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)
Throughout life you will meet one person who is unlike any other. This person is...
– Unknown (via nectarus)
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters...
– Khalil Gibran (via dirtyvices)
damage
i told her that the bit about creepy soccer coaches felt really relevant to my life. i told her how profound it was to me to realize they are, indeed, drawn in by the damage, not anything like beauty. i told her i’ve had my fucking fill of creeps.
“then don’t lead with the damage,” she told me.
i got really quiet. i wasn’t hurt. i was silently thankful somebody had...
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t...
– Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum (via parkstepp)
i may have found my next tattoo
After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery....
– Sophia Loren (via thisisnixofficial)
i need to go climbing. srsly.
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In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an...
– Diego Marchi (via julie911)
I believe in love and lust and sex and romance. I don’t want everything to add...
– The Mirror Has Two Faces (via shes-come-undone)
I don’t think I could love you so much if you had nothing to complain of and...
– Boris Pasternak (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...
– Helen Keller (via saddest-summer)
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Make love when you can. It’s good for you.
– Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night (via boxofoctaves)
Buying books is immensely comforting. Maybe I won’t read them immediately, but...
– vagabond (via loveyourchaos)
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i feel really off lately … and desperately in need of more ugly socks
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