Be the one to guide me, But never hold me down

Katie Scarlett. Lesbian. 31. Ohio. Quotes. Life. Photography. Nature.

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And in the silence, I suddenly understood the many ways a person can die but still be alive.

Carmen Rodrigues / 34 Pieces of You

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Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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— Anaïs Nin, from The Voice

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“Why can’t healing happen as quickly as wounding? You twist an ankle, break a bone — you can be hurt in a heartbeat. Hour by hour, week by week, year by year, the cells in your body labor to remake themselves the way they were the instant before your injury. But even then you’re never the same: not quite.”

— Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

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[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Nitya Prakash

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“I was fascinated by strangers, wanted to know what food they ate and what dishes they ate it from, what movies they watched and what music they listened to, wanted to look under their beds and in their secret drawers and night tables and inside the pockets of their coats.”

— Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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“The things that I loved were very frail. Very fragile. I didn’t know that. I thought they were indestructible. They weren’t.”

— Cormac McCarthy, The Sunset Limited

[thepowerwithin]

Look back at your past selves. Give them a smile. They have helped you become who you are today.

Dr. Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin

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