-sleepless nights-

random thoughts, poetry, & quotes that keep my soul company and the thoughts at bay

[quotefeeling]

“The broken ones will always be able to love harder than most. Once you’ve been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.”

— Unknown

[quotefeeling]

“There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words and still not understand you. And there are others who will understand without you even speaking a word.”

— Yasmin Mogahed

[quotefeeling]

“There are two types of people you will meet in your life. One will run a finger down the index of who you are and jump straight to the parts of you that peak their interest. The other will take his or her time reading through every one of your chapters and maybe unfold corners of you that inspired them most. You will meet these two people; it is a given. It is the third that you’ll never see coming. That one person who not only finishes your sentences, but keeps the book.”

— Unknown

[chasingpagesquotes]

“Do you ever get over loss? Or do you find a box within yourself, big enough to hold it? Do you just stuff it in there, push it down, and snap the lid on it? Do you just work, every day, to keep the box shut? I thought that maybe if I shoved the pain in there hard enough and I kept the box shut tight enough that the pain would evaporate on its own, that I’d open the box one day to find it was empty and all of the pain I thought I’d been carrying with me was gone. But I’m sitting in this car right now and I’m starting to think that the box has been full for the past three and a half years. I’m pretty sure that the lid is about to come off and I’m scared to see what’s inside.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid, One True Loves

[newera82]

I think I've had that box sealed way longer ,it time to rip mf open.... The straw that broke this camel's back was losing my bestfriend last month.She died unexpectedly and sudden .This shit fkinn hurts me to the core and i can't even phantom what her mom is going through...I speak with her daily and we reminisce bout Vanessa,she cries to me telling how much she misses her all those emotions and feelings....i guess we're eachother support system...I break more inside knowing n hearing her pain and i can't do a damn thing about it.But i can be there for her bc Vanessa would do the same for me.......God this reality of you gone is tearing me apart,it's breaking me down mentally and emotionally......But I will mourn you my MangoTango ....and be there for your mom and son ..... I love you forever till infinity 1000xs over ...Till we meet again babygirl

[newera82]

Here's a truth that many people will deny: “No one can make you feel bad without your permission.”

Seriously, if you don't care about what someone says or does, they cannot manipulate you. Bonus: They will feel that you are being very unfair to them, as your highest concern in life should be what they think, say, and feel about you.

[newera82]

Some of us have been through things so traumatic that the human mind isn't built to handle but we fight and persevere every single day and night. If that's not strength I don't what is. You are a survivor.

[newera82]

In life, you will realize there is a role for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will use you, some will love you, and some will teach you. But the ones who are truly important are the ones who bring out the best in you. They are the rare and amazing people who remind you why it’s worth it.

[newera82]

I’m exceptionally skilled at pretending I don’t already know something— to peep a person’s true character. Remember, chess not checkers. ♟

[weonsinnombre]

[o-kurwa]

[newera82]

Lmaooo high key litt🤣🤣🤣

[thebookquotes]

Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don't even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we were in fact in the process of change, of actually becoming larger, spiritually, than we were before. Whenever we grow, we tend to feel it, as a young seed must feel the weight and inertia of the earth as it seeks to break out of its shell on its way to becoming a plant. Often the feeling is anything but pleasant. But what is most unpleasant is the not knowing what is happening. Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to be waiting, holding its breath, unsure about what the next step should be, eventually become the periods we wait for, for it is in those periods that we realize that we are being prepared for the next phase of our life and that, in all probability, a new level of the personality is about to be revealed.

— Alice Walker, Living by the Word

[rains-of-words]

“It is said that if you want peace, you must be ready for war It’s the same thing with yourself If you want to have inner peace, you must be ready to have war with your inner demons.”

— “Inner Peace”, anastasiasyah (via anastasiasyah)

[miseducatedmelanicmuse]

Stop faithfully disrespecting your friends who are more passive especially in front of other people because it provides you with a false superiority complex. I know attention is the new currency but try utilizing your empathy chip.

[androxibot-deactivated20190428]

I was always told to watch carefully how people treat you in public vs. how they treat you in private. If there’s a discrepancy (treats you well in public but badly in private, or well in private but badly in public) something is wrong.

[jehovahhthickness]

I hate when people try to make me look like the crazy one.

I’m far from crazy.

[darth-ins0mnia-deactivated20180]

Capricorn….

[brwnsugabby]

To true and they will try and comeback in your life and act like they didn’t say that shit cause they know that “crazy” shit you said was some real knowledge you gave

[newera82]

But I can get crazy,and when I get crazy,you ain't going to like my crazy bc bih I'ma show you CRAZY

[jehovahhthickness]

Quiet people get disrespected the fucking most.

People think just because you don’t say much, they can try you.

I think the fuck not.

[newera82]

When I'm done and fed up,trust and believe I will get you right together, you will see the other side of me I try to keep under wraps, bc its my temper that will have not give a mfn fuck bc baby I already have that bail money put aside

[thoughtkick]

“Pay attention when people react with anger of hostility to your boundaries. You have found the edge where their respect for you ends.”

— Unknown

[bandaidsfortheheart]

“I always thought I would be smarter than that. But when you’re living in it, the explosive looks like humanity. The manipulation looks like genuine regret. It’s so subtle. You can’t cut people off the moment their toe crosses the line. Because we all get too excited sometimes. So the first time your toe crossed my line, I picked up that line and I moved it and I called it compromise. After all, you were quick to apologize. So we moved on and then it happened again. But this time, you had been so upset. Who could blame you for not noticing that line when your vision was blurred from the tears in your eyes. So I gave you a hug and I picked it up and I moved it and then it happened again. But maybe that time, it was my fault. I didn’t draw the line bold enough. How were you supposed to know it was there? You can’t read my mind. So we talked about it and let it slide. After all, that’s what communication looks like. And in the in-betweens, you stayed on your side and I stayed on mine and we laughed and we danced and everything was fine. Until the day that I realized you had nine tenths of the room. That was the day you accused me of crossing your line to get to the door.”

— Crossing Your Line, V.P.