This is how the world ends

not with a bang, but a whimper.

[quotefeeling]

“When it hurts to move on, just remember the pain you felt hanging on.”

— Unknown

[stay-close]

“You never realize the holes a person leaves behind until you fall into them.”

— Neal Shusterman, The Dark Side of Nowhere

[quotefeeling]

“If you ignore your feelings they will get your attention in other ways.”

— Kathy Kalina

[perfectfeelings]

“Life went on without you. Of course, it did. Of course, it does. It was just an ending, not the end.”

— Lang Leav

[quotefeeling]

“They start missing you when they fail to replace you.”

— Unknown

[thoughtkick]

“The deeper the wound, the more private the pain.”

— Isabel Allende, Paula

[mellblogss]

It took all of me to walk away from you.

[ptimepoet]

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Nipuna Mehta (via @nipsyyy)

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Mary Kate Teske

[dappermouth]

They say no one is living here — but lights come on, once every year.

[weltenwellen]

Maggie Stiefvater, Linger

[dappermouth]

On the day when the rain fell and flooded the ground, the sign of the wolf appeared outside of town.

[weltenwellen]

Andrea Gibson, "DEPRESSION [VERB]", Lord of the Butterflies

[weltenwellen]

Ada Limón, from "Crush", Sharks in the Rivers

[octoberloved]

[weltenwellen]

Rainer Maria Rilke, The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation