Regret is life’s longest punishment.

There’s a difference between peace and liberation - Kwame Ture

“There aren’t any exemptions or expiration dates on always.”

Manacled - senlinyu

This wasn’t a flash fire. A burst of lust so intense it burned fast and clean. This was a slow burn. A seduction. And I was helpless against the heat. - Wildest Dreams

“I don’t want to be possessed,” I argued, but oh, my heart was on fire. Because this was what I’d wanted all my life. What I’d yearned for. Not money or fame. Not world peace or an end to famine. I wanted, selfishly and fundamentally, to be loved this way. Bought and owned with no return policy. To feel as if I’d never be left behind or lost again. -Wildest Dreams

A heart does not turn cold unless it’s bean treated with coldness for a while.

Grief is the price we pay for love. - Queen Elizabeth II

“Normal is relative, I know. Normal for two broken hearts who can’t fit their pieces with anyone but each other.”

- Magnolia Parks - Jessa Hastings

“His eyes drop from mine. And I stare at him, feeling more betrayed than I want to, more betrayed than I should. He’s crushed. He’s crushed he’s crushed me. This is an old dance we do. A ritual, almost. Breaking our hearts open on the altar of each other.”

-Magnolia Parks -Jessa Hastings

My heart wanted me to lean forward and see if his lips tasted as good as they looked.

My heart wanted.

But my brain, it kept me right where I was, a single seed of caution whispering through that thick pulse of attraction.

My brain remembered.

-The Crush

“Painful things can still be beautiful things”

Magnolia Parks - Jessa Hastings

I would find you in every lifetime.

I’m on fire, burning up from the inside out. And I want to. I want to be consumed. - worse than enemies

… I prefer the warmth of this place. Where his heart beats against mine. - E of L

I feel that touch all the way to my soul, settling deep in my bones.

- a million kisses in your lifetime

The weaponization of memory

The one who broke you cannot heal you.