But look there's blood left on your sleeve

Now everywhere you'll ever be at least you will remember me

[rains-of-words]

“You watched everything you love died right in front of you. That’s why you became something death finally can’t touch.”

— Deathless, anastasiasyah (via anastasiasyah)

[rains-of-words]

“An intimate relationship does not banish loneliness. Only when we’re comfortable with who we are, can we truly function in a healthy way.”

— Unknown (via thoughtkick)

[rains-of-words]

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

— Sylvia Plath (via thoughtkick)

[anditslove]

“I have been told sometimes the most healing thing we can do is remind ourselves over and over and over, other people feel this too.”

— Andrea Gibson, The Nutritionist

[antidotefortheawkward-art]

Thoughts on the gendering of Chinese pronouns

[smolghostings]

佢 PRONOUN MY FUCKING BELOVED

[pronouncingitwang]

[ID: A 6-panel, black and white comic. The panels are as follows:

1. The text “There is only one pronoun in Cantonese” next to that pronoun, 佢, written in grid paper.

2. White text against black. It reads, “Not neutral as in a statement. Neutral as in ‘never considered’“

3. A child on the ground, laying on their stomach with a pen in hand, in front of the paper with 佢 on it. Text next to them reads, “I think that’s part of why I didn’t consider gender much as a kid”

4. Someone wearing a qipao and two braids, drawn from the neck down. They put a hand up in a “stop” gesture at someone else’s hand, which reaches towards them from offscreen. Text reads, “But like the Mandarin 他 / the white people came / split 女 from 人”

5. Text reading “Split into 他  她” The two pronouns are written so that they form the labels of bathroom doors.

6. A person gestures forward. Blood drips from their mouth and the center of their palm. Text reads, “I gender myself in a tongue that is not my own / and taste the bitterness of colonization”

/end ID]

[perfectquote]

“You are beautiful because you let yourself feel, and that is a brave thing indeed.”

— Shinji Moon

[rains-of-words]

“You become what you surround yourself with. Energies are contagious. Choose carefully. Your environment will become you.”

— Unknown (via thoughtkick)

[rains-of-words]

“Don’t you dare fucking touch my heart unless you plan to stay.”

— Unknown (via thoughtkick)

[rains-of-words]

“It is extraordinary when you meet someone and right away you know that they are the one you’ve been waiting for. Suddenly all the heartache, the pain and the distress that you went through was worth it because it led you to this one special person.”

— (via perfectfeelings)

[rains-of-words]

“Worrying won’t stop bad things from happening. It only stops you from enjoying the good.”

— Unknown (via thoughtkick)

[rains-of-words]

“I will not think less of myself just because you do not know how to love me.”

— Stephanie Chhum (via thoughtkick)

[rains-of-words]

“Just because you’re angry doesn’t mean you have the right to be cruel.”

— Unknown (via thoughtkick)

[quotemadness]

“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.”

— Sarah Dessen (via quotemadness)

[serratedpens]

Danez Smith, “It Began Right Here”

[rains-of-words]

“You don’t deserve someone who comes back, you deserve someone who never leaves.”

— Unknown (via thoughtkick)

[rains-of-words]

“Learn to be alone, and to like it. There’s nothing more freeing and empowering than learning to like your own company.”

— Mandy Hale (via thoughtkick)

[perfectquote]

“It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”

— Warsan Shire