the lover girl in me has died a bit
when sylvia plath said: “i am aware, sure, i am aware; catastrophically aware.”
they should invent a life that is liveable and a sleep that comes easy and a winter that doesn't feel like decay and a spring that doesn't feel like the past and a head that doesn't hurt and a heart that doesn't sit in your chest like a rock and a body that doesn't hate you and a hometown that doesn't make you lose your mind and a university that won't kill you they should invent a me that is normal I think that would be really neat. ok good night I love you
“Everything touches me—I see too much, I hear too much, everything demands too much of me.”
— Clarice Lispector II Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector
(via violentwavesofemotion)
“I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood.”
— Melissa Cox
“J'ai le mal du pays pour un endroit dont je ne suis même pas sûr qu'il existe. Celui où mon cœur est plein. Mon corps a adoré. Et mon âme a compris. ”
– Melissa Cox
“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
A little doodle for one the most beautiful lines from any poem, The Old Astronomer. Available on S6 for those who asked :)
“She couldn’t hold so much life, light and joy without also containing their opposites.”
— Chelsey Philpot, Even in Paradise
“Don’t let the concept of change scare you as much as the prospect of remaining unhappy.”
— Timber Hawkeye