[roseoilz]

18th century ottoman and indian dagger w sheaths

[uchihajacob]

pass it on

[nileechild]

lifeinpoetry

“I love with my throat exposed”

— Natalie Sharp, from “[Molar Concentration],” published in Puerto del Sol

[7l7l7l7l7l7l7l7]

[lylylylylylylylyly]

[wickedvirtueffxiv]

“no’ might make them angry but it will make you free. - if no one has ever told you, your freedom is more important than their anger.” ― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt

[bnmxfld]

“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self-respect. And it’s these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

[siickangel]

I saw a post that said “it isn’t my responsibility to rebuild a bond that i didn’t break” and damn I felt that

[noorshirazie]

“For the times I turned to you and was brutally shunned, thank you. You showed me who not to rely upon at a time when I thought I needed a vacant comfort.”

— Noor Shirazie

[hypervigilant]

[vodkakilledtheteen]

“Let’s not talk about getting married. Let’s stop reciting imaginary vows with each other when we’re under the covers. If we keep doing this I swear my bones will turn iced cold and maybe one day they’ll break. I want to stop thinking about happily ever afters or what ifs because what if it all gets swallowed by a rainstorm and thrown down an ocean. I know you love me and I know that I’m madly in love with you. But being in love can be temporary, and please don’t tell me that we’re different because that’s everyone’s story.”

— — Alexa Evangelista, the book I’ll never finish writing

[sexanax]

[slowillusion]

[tequilaandtiramisu]

“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn’t fit within the core belief.”

— Franz Fanon

[noorshirazie]

“Cradle her gently until the demons fall away from her side. In her sleep, she may dream up new hurricanes, but they will never come to fruition as long as your hand is not far from her own.”

— Noor Shirazie, To Fathers

[yours-sincerelyy-deactivated202]

كيف تستمر أجسادنا في العمل، عندما تكون هناك اجزاء من أرواحنا على الجانب الآخر من العالم؟

How is it that our bodies continue to function, when there are pieces of our soul on the opposite side of the world?

[jareckiworld]

Henni Alftan  -  So Close Together    (oil on canvas, 2017)