“The hole in my heart is so big, room enough for the sky to pass through holding Jupiter’s hand. I can fill it with a mountain. I can fill it with a name.”

— Aracelis Girmay, from “The Piano” (via oofpoetry)

no bare minimum, i want the moon and the stars. maybe even a planet at this point.

or 50

being in your 20s is thinking that you're finally getting your life together and then suddenly you take three steps back

“you can’t satisfy everyone in your life, and that’s okay. you’re just one person and you’re doing your best.”

— Unknown

“I never realized what a big deal that was. How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head.”

— Nina LaCour

“Why would the universe go through all that trouble to bring us together, to only make us strangers again in the end?”

— Unknown

“Learn to be alone, and to like it. There’s nothing more freeing and empowering than learning to like your own company.”

— Mandy Hale

Normalize not forcing connections with people. If somebody doesn't see the value in having you by their side, don’t try to convince them.

- Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)

Unknown Source.

“Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change.”

— Frida Kahlo

Sydney Smith, double page spread from Small in the City, 2019.    

𝙵𝚢𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝙳𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚟𝚜𝚔𝚢, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚘𝚟 (𝟷𝟾𝟾𝟶)