Your suffering does not have to be beautiful. It does not have to culminate in an eloquent writing piece or a tragically gorgeous painting. It does not have to “make you stronger” or “be part of a greater plan leading to something better.” It does not have to be romanticized or presentable. Yes, you are artistic. Yes, you are beautiful. Yes, you are strong. But before any of those things, you are a feeling human in a world where nothing is certain. Allow yourself to be so.
“Just remember. None of us have any idea what we’re doing either. No one chooses to exist. You just do. You’re gonna be okay.”
— Halsey
Alison Bechdel wrote this book and chose violence
heard they’re making it easier tomorrow. not sure if it’s true, but don’t you wanna find out?
“For what was a person but the sum of all the scraps of their memory and experience: a finite set of components with an infinite array of expressions.”
—
Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
in another universe i am not a burden to be loved
“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place because you’ll never be this way ever again.”
— Azar Nafisi