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saw a quote that said, “you could stab me in the chest and i’d still apologise for getting blood on your clothes.” and that hit me like a ton of bricks.

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“the trouble was - i hated the idea of serving men in any way.”

- Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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“if i didn’t think, i’d be much happier.”

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lucky because i saw anger in their eyes when there were tears in mine.

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i just want someone to hold my hand and not ask why it’s shaking.

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you were a forest fire, and i mistook you for the sun.

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people say , “ i miss you ” , but a writer says — “ in ever rose that i see, i also see the missing hands of yours.”

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people say, “i miss you”, but a writer says — “ what do i do with the veins when the heart is gone?”

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there’s a concept in economics — sunk cost. sometimes you keep investing in something just because you’ve already invested too much.

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he thought i was crying over his actions but i was crying ‘cause i didn’t know how to leave.

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you say my name so softly, just in case i bruise.

- (i am black and blue)

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and people were never gentle when it came to leaving; always a slammed door; always a wet pillow.

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maybe if i write you down, you’ll belong to me — the way a poem belongs to a poet.

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my favourite loser is me when i failed to hate the one who ruined me.

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when that person you really want comes into your dream >>>

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“ it sucks that you have to keep yourself busy to feel okayyy!!!”

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“ i was bleeding to death, and they yelled at me for staining the floor.”