I’ve spent most of my life and most of my friendships holding my breath and hoping that when people get close enough they won’t leave, and fearing that it’s a matter of time before they figure me out and go.
by Shauna Niequist (via quotemadness)
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He loved her. Was in love with her. Had always loved her. And it seemed that she loved him, too. It was funny how the world could change on a dime like that. One minute, you were some poor chump pining after a girl you thought didn’t feel the same way about you, and the next, you were lying together, arms entwined, chest to chest, so close you could feel her heartbeat under her soft skin. You were looking into her eyes and seeing your whole future written there.
by Libba Bray, Before the Devil Breaks You (via simply-quotes)
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tenwordstories:
This year I learned that I’m a bitch so next year I’m gonna be an even bigger bitch
New year new me
“Describe numbness,” he says.
He sits opposite me with his legs crossed. His broad hands enclose mine.
“Well it’s like standing on the edge of a cliff and not feeling afraid,” I tell him. I can’t stand the look he’s giving me so I divert my eyes.
“It’s like knowing you should feel something but not being able to.”
by Sue Zhao (via
blossomfully)
You stay quiet, while a war happens within you.
by (via 1980vibes)
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I knew that what was left of me would always love you, but never in quite the same way.
by F. Scott Fitzgerald (via quotemadness)
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at eighteen you knew how to sew yourself into bed at night and rip yourself out of it in the mornings. tell me about the tiny destruction. about how your heart aches for things beyond the ocean. about how you’ve always wanted out but you’ve since lowered your goals to just surviving. about how the walls of your home are teeth.
by @inkskinned (via
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