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“I am both worse and better than you thought.”

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals (via dark-splendor)

“I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once, and cannot add up the sum.”

— C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections

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“I hold your name in my mouth to distract myself, flex my fingers in the silence created.”

— Matthew Mahaney, excerpt from “Dear Elizabeth, Lately the Weather Seems Perfectly” (via contramonte)

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no no its not mood swings its emotional parkour

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Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy, by Gabriele Colzi

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Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene smoking a cigarette beneath crucified Jesus

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It’s funny when you sleep with someone and feel disconnected from them, but, in fact, your bodies remain in sync, exchanging warmth and pulses.

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“I may think of you softly from time to time. But I’ll cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again.”

— Arthur Miller

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The 20 year old child in me pleads “Protect me, please. Make me feel safe. I just want to be worthy of empathy, kindness and protection.”

The 11 year old adult in me explains “We can only depend on ourselves for protection & safety. Others are not to be trusted. The way to survive in this world is to be self-reliant.”

We have not found a compromise yet.

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“On Sundays Kafka goes for walks by himself, without any objective, without thinking. He says, ‘Every day I wish myself off the earth. There is nothing wrong with me except myself.’”

— from a note by Max Brod, early 1911