i’m such a “i want your attention” but “won’t bother you” kinda person

“Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.”

— James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

“And if you call me at 4 am, too sad to even say hello, I will listen to your silence until you fall asleep.”

— Unknown

“You cannot make everyone think and feel as deeply as you do. This is your tragedy … because you understand them, and they do not understand you.”

— Daniel Saint

“It was good for a while, being empty. I didn’t hurt anymore. But as time went on, it was like I could hear myself from far away, begging for permission to come back.”

— Myra McEntire

— Franz Kafka, from Letters to Milena (via lumamonchtuna)

“What’s the difference?” I asked him. “Between the love of your life, and your soulmate?” “One is a choice, and one is not.”

— Tarryn Fisher, Mud Vein

“I am both worse and better than you thought.”

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath

i am basically a hopeless romantic with trust issues

“you will never be too much for someone who can’t get enough of you.”

— Unknown