We wish with our hands

when it comes to art, it’s important not to hide the madness

[favoritelittlelyrics]

Shawn Mendes, “If I Can’t Have You”

[magiclyrics]

In Repair // John Mayer

[thepersonalquotes]

[quoted-books]

“I turned my nightmares into fireflies and caught them in a jar.”

— Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

[booksqouted]

“And that’s how you go on. You lay laughter over the dark parts. The more dark parts, the more you have to laugh. With defiance, with abandon, with hysteria, any way you can.”

— Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

[stupidsecretsoul-blog]

[cardboardkeyboard]

[thepersonalquotes]

[emotionalwords]

[londonfromparis]

I don’t know what happened to us. Things sort of just fell apart. We were right for each other, and then we weren’t. Things around us started changing, we started changing, we drifted apart, we stopped trying so hard, we let each other go without even noticing. Nobody fought to stop it. It just happened - and then it was over.

[poems-and-word]

[stupidsecretsoul-blog]

[thepersonalquotes]

[juansendizon]

“it’s okay to feel too much, that’s how dreamers are born.”

— j.d

[pppiaaa]

“Can you just tell me how you feel? Tell me if you want me in your life and tell me if you don’t . Tell me why you keep messaging me every now and then tell me what it means. Tell me if it doesn’t mean anything at all. Tell me if you ever loved me or if you just pretended. Tell me if you ever cared about me or tell me you never did. Tell me if what we had was real. Just tell me how you fucking feel even if it’s the words I don’t want to hear”

— a draft of a text I’ve been wanting to send #2

[sleepingwithwindowsopen]

“It just really sucks because I still care. I still want to fix things and I still want you. I want us. I still need closure. I still need you to say something.”

— But you don’t need any of that, you didn’t care to start with

[tookyou2weeks-deactivated202107]

“I know that you’re afraid that you’re still in love with him. I know that you’re scared that you’ll be empty without him, that the best parts of yourself are wrapped up in the worst parts of him. You think that if he lets you go, you’ll look around your life and not recognize anything. You think that if you let him go, you’ll regret it, more than any choice you’ve made in your entire life. Because love is complicated. Love is messy. But babygirl, you weren’t empty before you met him and you damn sure aren't empty now. So what if you’re still a little in love with him? Love is about choices. So make the choice to seek closure, to move forward instead of being stuck in his toxic orbit. Extricating yourself from your past isn’t easy. But you can’t move on without feeling everything that comes with saying goodbye. You can’t fully embrace everything that the universe wants to place in your lap without letting go of the burden still clawing its way into your heart. And if there is some space in your heart after he leaves, fill it with love - for your parents, for your kid brother, for the professor that saved your life. But honestly? I really hope you fill it with love for yourself.”

— L.A.L. || I know it’s hard. It feels impossible. But I also know that you’ll be so much better for it.