& that was it

the beginning of the end

“I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.”

— John Green, Paper Towns

“The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse actions or correct damage. They are merely nice to hear.”

— Augusten Burroughs, This is How

“I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”

—

Maya Angelou

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“The most impactful moments of my life have been the clean ones. The clean streets in the early a.m. hours—the town is mine to own. The blank pages—no story yet written. The new friendship, the new name, the new pair of eyes staring into mine and I can be whoever I want from now on.”

— Charlotte Eriksson, Everything Changed When I Forgave Myself

🕸 art & poem by: artyprose

via @extramadness

in middle of all the chaos & madness,

i will hold you close.

@xdearcarmenx

I had all and then most and then some and now none of you.

@xdearcarmenx

But 5 months later you’ll sit drunk on the kitchen floor, texting him “Hey, I hope you’re doing well. Your shirt is still here. I miss you.” And he won’t reply.

drunk again (via written-on-polaroids)

Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before (via books-n-quotes)

It’s better this way. A little lonelier but better.

When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.

E.M. Forster, “The Other Boat” (via wordsnquotes)

hold me once the drugs are done, and I feel like dying. i feel like dying.

@xdearcarmenx

I know i will never talk to you again but please remember that i loved you. I loved you so much

You will either step forward into growth, or back into safety.

Abraham Maslow (via fyp-psychology)