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“Wake up alone. Never wake up to someone who doesn’t know who you are. Who doesn’t remember your last name or your birthday. Who can’t recall the last genuine conversation you both had — because they didn’t actually give a damn. Don’t wake up to someone who doesn’t kiss you and passionately. And trust me, if it’s real a kiss on the forehead can have you bothered for days. Don’t wake up to someone who doesn’t inquire about what’s going on up there — in your head, in your eyes — where you’re really alone. Don’t wake up to someone who can’t lie next to you without lusting for you. Who can’t appreciate the beauty of solitude. If they can’t love the sound of you breathing, how can they anything else? — it’s where it all begins. Don’t wake up to someone who doesn’t smile when they see you open your eyes. They don’t belong there. Don’t wake up to someone who doesn’t hold you just to appreciate your physical manifestation for a little while longer. Don’t wake up to someone who cannot read you. Who cannot play with your fingers or tell you the truth. Who can’t bring you coffee or a good read. Who can’t put their phone, their distractions down for you. Until you are loved, cherished. Wake up alone.”

— EA (EmanationsOfAmber)

feral-ballad

Yves Olade, from Bloodsport; “When rome falls”

perfectfeelings

“I think the sign of a true soulmate isn’t someone you just want to do the super cool stuff with. A real soulmate is the person who makes any ordinary day fun. Some people make all these huge plans to do with their special someone, fuck that! Find someone who you can take grocery shopping and still have a blast with. Find someone who makes you look forward to waking up on Monday.”

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besidethelakebeneaththetrees

Sometimes you need to remind yourself that you were the one who carried you through the heartache. You are the one who sits with the cold body on the shower floor, and picks it up. You are the one who feeds it, who clothes it, who tucks it into bed, and you should be proud of that. Having the strength to take care of yourself when everyone around you is trying to bleed you dry, that is the strongest thing in the universe.

flowerytale

Florence and The Machine, from “100 Years”

besidethelakebeneaththetrees

“When the right one comes along, you figure it out. You move mountains, you change your life and you do whatever it takes to keep them with you.”

— Jay Crownover, Jet (via wordsnquotes)

besidethelakebeneaththetrees

“…But who were you kidding? You took him in with no grand dreams of salvation, but only to ease the guilt of never having tried…“”

— from How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs, Natalie Diaz, in When My Brother Was an Aztec (2012)

ma-pi-ma

“I love you because I love you, because it would be impossible not to love you. I love you without question, without calculation, without reason good or bad, faithfully, with all my heart and soul, and every faculty.”

— Juliette Drouet

scorpio-astrology

scorpio confession: people always say how they think im so brave but the thing is thats only because im scared of literally everything. and that fear is what empowers my courage. im always scared of being judged and people not liking me, yet i know that i cannot always hide and be the part of me thats a complete coward, so im always honest even if it hurts. when i have to do something that terrifies me, i think about my future and goals, i then do it. the fact that i waver means i will not.

hereislight

“When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.”

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Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

dang. feeling this one today.

(via yesdarlingido)