calliope's canvas

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A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

John A. Shedd; Salt from My Attic

[qvotable]

Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made.

Tyler Kent White; Songs with Our Eyes Closed

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Viggo Pedersen

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“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

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[quotefeeling]

“My body is covered with wounds this world made.”

— Rabia of Basra, tr. by Daniel Ladinsky from “Music; It Acts Like Love,”

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176 days

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But it feels like an eternity

Since I had you here with me

Since I had to learn to be

Someone you don't know

To be with you in paradise

What I wouldn't sacrifice

Why'd you have to chase the light

Somewhere I can't go?

As I walk this world alone

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[perfectquote]

“I’ve seen a lot of beautiful things with a heavy heart.”

— Albert Camus

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I’m so anxious 🥺😮‍💨

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Love her ❤️

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I like people who look up.

[mournfulroses]

Angela Carter, from Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories; "The Curious Room,"

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[shisasan]

Your silence has been with me and I have let it have its say.

August 2nd, 1963 Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters First published: 1977