Woe is me.

Atlas: The Shoulders That Hurt

[starsofwoes]

"Falling for you has cleared me of every aspect of acquired sanity."

[quotemadness]

I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

Joseph Campbell (via quotemadness)

[starsofwoes]

You're beautiful, like a star. You're bright, like a star. You're unreachable, like a star. The most precious dot in my sky.

[starsofwoes]

"We've met before, you and I. I've seen you in too many dreams to count."

[starsofwoes]

"Nana!" She lisped, clasping the elderly by the wrist. "There is a universe inside the little lake!"

"Of course there is. There are universes inside every single thing."

But questions would still arise. How could it be that some universes were prettier than others?

[starsofwoes]

I think it's a reminder to herself and to what she's lost. Like a price she willingly pays.

[starsofwoes]

I can love you forever, but I can't promise you forever. That's something we'll have to achieve together.

Atlas: The Shoulders That Hurt

[quotemadness]

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

Erica Jong (via quotemadness)

[starsofwoes]

"I'm a bit of a mess, to be honest. All my demons adore me, and apparently I’m a gracious host."

— Atlas: The Shoulders That Hurt

[quotemadness]

“I hope that someday, somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and that’s all they do. They don’t pull away. They don’t look at your face. They don’t try to kiss you. All they do is wrap you up in their arms, without an ounce of selfishness in it.”

— Unknown

[quotemadness]

“Close the door. Remove the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.”

— Paulo Coelho

[starsofwoes]

“Darling, don't you wish you could change the past so that the future can look a little brighter? It frightens me to think about the consequences of my clueless deliberations. Perhaps now that I know what to expect... a knowing heart knows not to break.”

— Atlas: The Shoulders That Hurt

[chastaindaily]

There you are. Jessica Chastain as Jo Henninger in The Forgiven (2022) dir. John Michael McDonagh

[starsofwoes]

The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, the time is going by, and I sleep alone

Sappho (rendered by HT Wharton)

[thoughtkick]

“There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship.”

— Franz Kafka, Letters To Felice

[starsofwoes]

I don't have to wait a million years to get a ticket to heaven. I knew true heaven when I first laid eyes on you.

Atlas: The Shoulders That Hurt

[ashleysjohnson]

@usergif BACK TO COOL EVENT challenge 1: blending           ⤷ Dani x Jamie (The Haunting of Bly Manor)