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“All the light was gone out of her. She had frightening lonely dreams about being lost and looking for someone whose name she had forgotten.”

— Elaine Feinstein, from “The Circle,” originally published c. October 1970

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“The boy is loved. The loved one suffers. All loved ones suffer. Love is not enough to prevent this. Love is not enough. Love is enough. The thing that you wished for. Was this it?”

— “The Lesson,” Kelly Link, Get in Trouble (via bluebeardsbride)

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“I thought she was sleeping until I heard her call out from across the room, “Will you bring me a glass of water?” I did. Then in her always-sleepy tone and drawl she said, “Do you remember when you were a little boy and you would ask your mama to bring you a glass of water?” Yeah. “You know how half the time you weren’t even thirsty. You just wanted that hand that was attached to that glass that was attached to that person you just wanted to stay there until you fell asleep.” She took the glass of water that I brought her and just sat it down full on the table next to her. Wow, I thought. What am I gonna do with love like this.”

— One Night from Dito Montiel’s A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (via therealchampagnemamii)

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From Danez Smith’s book, BLACK MOVIE.

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i’m such a slut for reassurance my heart literally nuts when you tell me you want me

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“…how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you?”

— Franz Kafka, Letters to Felice‎ (via goodreadss)