#irreconcilable

[thatsbelievable]

[howifeltabouthim]

'What use could I be to him, with all my thoughts about him poisoned? What should we find to say to each other? How could we even look at each other without feeling ashamed?'

L. P. Hartley, from My Fellow Devils

[betweenthetimeandsound]

--prompt from @nosebleedclub (6 May)

A sponge and a sea star are irreconcilable; little by little, a starfish's arm claims a bit of sponge and lets it unravel. I reach out my hand to the open air; it bites me as it take in some wind in the hopes of taking me home. --Elda Mengisto

[shamelesshitposter]

son of Meng Shi and Jin Guangshan

[cncrtabstraction]

[thatsbelievable]

[howifeltabouthim]

She tried to think of Colum as she had thought of him only a few hours before: with tenderness and love. But it was no use: that way was barred.

L. P. Hartley, from My Fellow Devils

[howifeltabouthim]

Once you've traveled far enough from where you began, it's impossible to reconcile the present with the past.

Sarah Manguso, from 300 Arguments