[coltre]

[barbarappa]

[naturaekos]

“Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. The greatest pain comes from leaving. When the child leaves home, when the husband or wife leaves for a long period of time or for good, when the beloved friend departs to another country or dies … the pain of the leaving can tear us apart. Still, if we want to avoid the suffering of leaving, we will never experience the joy of loving. And love is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen (via naturaekos)

[fruitsaladchewits-deactivated20]

well, well, well, if it isn’t the feelings i’ve been trying to avoid 

[vinstage4u]

[davidbnt]

[overthink]

[arquerio]

[danger]

[cold-earth-connection]

[wordsnquotes]

“I don’t do anything with my life except romanticize and decay with indecision.”

— Allen Ginsberg, The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice

[naturaekos]

“The birds that were singing in the dew-drenched garden seemed to be telling the flowers about her.”

— Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of Dorian Gray (via goodreadss)

[synqra]

[wordsnquotes]

“It takes courage to stay delicate in a world this cruel.”

— Beau Taplin, “Shed Your Sharp Edges”

[craved-deactivated20230908]

“I am too full of life to be half-loved.”

— Ijeoma Umebinyuo (via quotemadness)

[tresbongout]

[craved-deactivated20230908]

“She is something new, something hopeful. Like spring to my deep winter.”

— Pierce Brown (via quotemadness)