March 2012
205 posts
Washed Out - You and I
Anonymous asked: is everything okay?
“All I’d ever wanted was to forget. But even when...
— Sarah Dessen
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Found In Translation
I used to analyze myself down to the smallest details and used to harshly juxtapose myself with others… And I used to seek refuge in broken relationships, in changes of scene, in drunkenness and the illusion that, however meager, I can find some pleasure in my brief interludes of time and place. Whether I am alone or in company, I am resigned to the belief that I am powerless to change...
“I could reveal all my thoughts to you, the...
— Authenticity by The Foreign Exchange
February 2012
217 posts
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Nothing beats that first morning cigarette drag....
“My body is a dead language and you pronounce each word perfectly.”
– Sierra DeMulder, Unrequited Love Poem
“Loneliness is black coffee and late-night...
— Pearl Cleage
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Probably shouldn't have taken that nap earlier...
Cause I’m wide awake at 2:46AM with loads of work to do. Only I would
“Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark.”
– Zen proverb
“It’s true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of...
— Jonathan Safran Foer
“I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
“She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely,...
— Jedediah Berry
me: I should go shower now
(five minutes later)
(another five minutes later)
(yet another five minutes later)
(more five minute intervals)
someone: (goes into the bathroom)
me: wow fuck you I was JUST about to go take a shower
“You’re going to make mistakes in life. It’s what...
— Brandi Chastain
“You meet new people, become friends, and you eventually become close. You become...”
– Kristina Bellantes
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First by...
— Confucius
Can’t go wrong with Confucius
“Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then...”
– Karen Marie Moning
“True fortitude is not to fear death; for death is...
— Plotinus | An Essay on the Beautiful
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone...
— E. E. Cummings
if you are attractive, you can almost make...
Those who aren’t, stop.
“In the end, nothing else differentiates me from the people among whom I pass my...”
– Jean Amery- At The Mind’s Limits: Contemplations By A Survivor On Auschwitz And Its Realities.
scentlessandsenseless:
No one needs to be perfect. No one needs to have perfect grades. No one needs to have perfect motivation. No one needs to have the perfect life. And it’s not because imperfection is beautiful; it’s because “perfection” is one of the most subjective words in the human language.
I can’t stress this enough: Someone might look perfect on paper - they might appear to have it...
