C.E.McCarthy

Trying to find beautiful words to capture indescribable moments Instagram: @cemccarthy_

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My head tells me not to dwell on someone who doesn't think of me at the same time my heart realizes this to be true and cries itself to sleep.

C. E. McCarthy

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Is there anything more painful than thinking someone is special but they don’t feel the same about you?

C. E. McCarthy

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Is it possible to love someone you barely know?

C. E. McCarthy

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When everything seems to be lacking in integrity, you find it in yourself

Henry McCord, Madam Secretary

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We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But the part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.

John Green, Looking For Alaska

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Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.

Al Capone

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To always feel uncomfortable • • • • #writer #igpoetry #poetry #invisible #mentalhealth #micropoetryfeatures #mentalhealthawareness #uncomfortable #poem #selfconfidence #writing #quoteoftheday #cempoetry

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What I Wish I Knew: Moving

My first adult apartment was a glorified hole in the wall. A studio with a stove that worked half the time, no air conditioning, a moldy shower ledge and frat boy neighbors that went to bed around the time I got up.

It was fabulous. We've all been there. Your 20's are for crap apartments, otherwise, how will you know how good you have it later in life?

What isn't fabulous, however, is moving. If you're moving into your first right-of-passage apartment, chances are you're pretty broke and laugh at the suggestion of hiring movers. I know I did. So, know that moving sucks but here are a few tips I've learned from multiple moves to make it, manageable.

1. Try to not move in the summer. Moving is hot. Carrying furniture, boxes and books is hot. Your apartment probably doesn't have air . . . And is hot. If you can help it, move during any other season.

2. Get help. No I couldn't afford a mover but I should could bribe my friends with wine and pizza. The more people helping, the faster it goes.

3. Get everything in before organizing. Accept that the first few days, your apartment is going to look like a department store going out of business. It's annoying but it's fine.

4. Clean! You seem lovely and hygienic but let's be real, not everyone is and not every landlord cares enough to clean between renters. Move everything in, clean then start organizing.

5. Never underestimate the power of an epic playlist.

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What no one warns you about: healing • • • • #deppression #depressionquotes #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #healing #igpoetry #poetry #writer #poetrycommunity #omypoetry #micropoetryfeatures #marathonnotasprint #lifequotes #recovery #cempoetry

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Sometimes dreams are more beautiful in your head • • • • • #writer #igpoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #attractions #relationships #mind #fantasy #love #lovequotes #poem #micropoetryfeatures #omypoetry #cempoetry #extraordinary

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I want to live, not merely exist • • • • • #lifequotes #lifeisbeautiful #goodlife #poem #poetrycommunity #igpoetry #writing #writersofinstagram #heartbreak #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #deppression #recovery #cempoetry

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I think it's important to realize you can miss something, but not want it back.

Paulo Coelho

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Do you believe in instant connections or do you think it takes time? • • • • • #writer #igpoetry #poetry #omypoetry #epicpoetry #micropoetryfeatures #relationships #connections #love #lovequotes #igpoetry #poetrycommunity #writersofinstagram #cempoetry

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The elements 🌏 🔥 💧 🌪 • • • • • • #elements #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writer #igpoetry #fire #water #strongwomen #dangerouswoman #invisible #wallflower #necessary #cempoetry #omypoetry #micropoetryfeatures

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"Don't confuse who someone really is with who your mind has made them out to be."

C. E. McCarthy