the good and the bad and the things in between

[bookmania]

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

— Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

[mayanotthebird]

What if Neville could really read people that quick? What if he’s right? What if I could really be a storyteller?

[mayanotthebird]

In the death of her reputation, she felt truly alive ❤️

[mayanotthebird]

Step into the daylight and let it go

[mayanotthebird]

No one’s ready for it @taylorswift @taylornation

[mayanotthebird]

You must like me for ME! There’s a reason @taylorswift had to throw in a reference to kaleidoscope of broken hearts in the video, and why the video was a succession of changing patterns and scenes. TS7 will show us the KALEIDOSCOPE that is Taylor Swift. @taylornation

[mayanotthebird]

“No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger - something better, pushing right back.”

[leemartenspoetry]

From my book Secrets of a Broken Heart, available here:

- https://www.secretmidnightpress.com/shop

- https://www.bookdepository.com/Secrets-Broken-Heart-Lee-Martens/9780998438153?ref=grid-view&qid=1544816745466&sr=1-1

- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Broken-Heart-Lee-Martens/dp/0998438154/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544816687&sr=8-1&keywords=lee+martens

[kushandwizdom]

“Get into the habit of asking yourself, does this support the life I am trying to create?”

— Irisa Yardenah

[bookmania]

“Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is.

Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.

Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and, when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.” -Louis de Bernières, Corelli’s Mandolin

📷ig: @optionmag

[mayanotthebird]

Today’s sad story. Hoping I can still get tickets when they do the general release so I can see Tokyo for the first time and Taylor for the second

@taylorswift @taylornation

[mayanotthebird]

Sometimes life forces a bitter pill on you And you take it, all at once, swallowed whole You watch all the demons show their faces All your bottled up feelings unleashed You let these monsters win you over Breath in, breathe out, get this in your head Your tears don't you make weak and broken Anger and resentment don't make you a monster You still have a heart of gold little child You don't have to run away from being fragile

[mayanotthebird]

Flashback when you met me Your buzzcut and my hair bleached Even in my worst times, you could see the best of me Flashback to my mistakes My rebounds, my earthquakes Even in my worst lies, you saw the truth in me And I woke up just in time Now I wake up by your side My one and only, my lifeline I woke up just in time Now I wake up by your side

There’s something undeniably magical about hearing these lyrics for the first time. The entire album is a lyrical masterpiece but these are the lines that gave me all the feels.

@taylorswift

[speaknow]

So call it what you want, yeah, call it what you want

[mayanotthebird]

This is what happy sounds like 😍

[mayanotthebird]

Call it what you want to @taylorswift

[mayanotthebird]

My battery almost drained for the 3rd time today because this song has been on repeat since noon. So many silent movies playing in my head. You did it again @taylorswift just like you've done so in the last 11 years. So many people wanted to call it love story 2.0, but this is at least 20 times more beautiful than love story. So raw yet so promising, finding magic amidst all the flaws. Perfect in its imperfections.

[taylorswift]

Gorgeous. Out now. taylor.lk/reputation-iT

[mayanotthebird]

Thank you @taylorswift , birthday present came early! I expect this to be on repeat while I’m lounging by the beach this weekend. 😍