“I think sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we’re imagining it. Because it is the most painful kind of hope there is.” ―Rae Carson
Quotes
Love Is The Kind of Thing
“Love is the kind of thing that's already happening by the time you notice it, that's how it works, and no matter how old you get, that doesn't change. Except that you can break it up into two entirely distinct types -- love where there's an end in sight and love where there isn't.” ―Banana … Continue reading Love Is The Kind of Thing
Love Is Never Supposed To Hurt
“Love is never supposed to hurt. Love is supposed to heal, to be your haven from misery, to make living fucking worthwhile.” ―Mia Asher
I Fell In Love With Him
“I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default, as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him … Continue reading I Fell In Love With Him
Do Not Go…
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emotions, In My Experience
“Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions like, say, "The happiness that attends disaster." Or: "The disappointment of … Continue reading Emotions, In My Experience
People Assume…
“Mental illness. People assume you aren’t sick unless they see the sickness on your skin, like scars forming a map of all the ways you’re hurting. My heart is a prison of, Have you trieds. 'Have you tried exercising? Have you tried eating better? Have you tried not being sad, not being sick? Have you … Continue reading People Assume…
I Could Not Tell You…
“I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you.” … Continue reading I Could Not Tell You…
There Is A Stubbornness…
“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” ―Jane Austen
It Is The Apathetic Person
“It is the apathetic person that sees the cause while the charitable person sees the need.” ―Shannon L. Alder
