“Be confused, it’s where you begin to learn new things. Be broken, it’s where you begin to heal. Be frustrated, it’s where you start to make more authentic decisions. Be sad, because if we are brave enough we can hear our heart’s wisdom through it. Be whatever you are right now. No more hiding. You are worthy, always.”
— S.C. Lourie
alls fair in love and poetry🤍
"take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die" is one of my favorite taylor swift lyrics like u do not know what this album concept means to me.
Guys were finally getting Woodvale!
I already know what I want out of life & I know exactly what I want that to look like & im gonna have that. Nothing less.
and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, nobody waits for you at night, when you can do whatever you want; but what do you call it; freedom or loneliness?
– Charles Bukowski
remember who checks on you when you get quiet. those are your people.
“Isn’t it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?”
— Charles Lindbergh
just walking down the street (x)
childhood was so crazy. my parents were kind of young. a meal seemed to last forever. i could run for ages. everyone was alive
"everybody deserves a childhood they don't have to recover from"
The eldest daughter urge to "move away from home and cut off her family"
{Chelsea Dingman, from "Psychogeography," published in The Los Angeles Review/ Anne Sexton/ Karen Russell, St. Lucy's Home for Girls - Raised by Wolves/ Abraham Verghese/ Naguib Mahfouz/ Clementine von Radics, Poem: Courtney Love Prays to Oregon/ Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project/ Fatimah Asghar, from "How'd Your Parents Die Again?" published in The New York Times Magazine/ John Murillo, Poem: Mercy, Mercy, Me}
“I like cancelled plans. And empty bookstores. I like rainy days. And thunderstorms. And quiet coffee shops. I like messy beds and over-worn pajamas. Most of all, I like the small joys that a simple life brings.”
— Unknown
Sleeping is nice until you wake up and realize you're still sad.
Taylor out in NYC last night✨
“It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done.”
— Mitch Albom
“At the end of the day, you can either focus on what’s tearing you apart or what’s holding you together.”
— Unknown
Your handprint's on my soul, it's like your eyes are liquor.