i watched you disappear

You swore and said, "We are not shining stars." This I know, I never said we are.

[starpeace]

i love when tragedies are like “the love was there. it didnt change anything. it didnt save anyone. there were just too many forces against it. but it still matters that the love was there”

[happyheidi]

[anditslove]

[stormsqueen]

how strange that when we have youth we're so keen to destroy it

Kate Tempest, The boy Tiresias from Hold Your Own

[sehomes]

[stormsqueen]

Hearts only bruise. They never break.

Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

[aseaofquotes]

Paul Schmidtberger, Design Flaws of the Human Condition

[stormsqueen]

There's no need deeper than to be desired. There's no sweeter word under heaven than please.

Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

[fruitofdreamsx]

from Leonard Cohen’s final letter to his dying muse, Marianne Ihlen

[stormsqueen]

TIRESIAS: You long for knowledge; you will soon long for ignorance.

Euripides, The Phoenician Women

[felicitykings]

You’re so good to me.

Mulan: Rise Of A Warrior (2009)  dir. Jingle Ma

[stormsqueen]

There is a time for grief, and a time for songs, and a time to recall with fondness all that has been and gone. But there is a time for killing too. There is a time for blood, and a time for rage, and a time to close your eyes and become the thing heaven wants you to be.

Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

[women-loving-art]

Adrienne Rich (Dedications)

[wedarkacademia]

"A university degree, four books & hundreds of articles and I stil make mistakes when reading. You wrote me "Good morning" & I read it as "I love you".

-Mahmoud Darwish

[earstwo]

you will never be lovelier than you are now. we will never be here again.

[quotexcerpts]

As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.

Haruki Murakami (via quotexcerpts)

[floralls]

poppies. Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, California by Anton Floquet