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tamsoj

Charles Bukowski, "the miracle is the shortest time," from War All The Time: Poems, 1981-1984

quotemadness

Look, let me put it this way: with me, you’re number one and there isn’t even a number two.

Charles Bukowski (via quotemadness)

thehopefulquotes

I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time.

Charles Bukowski (via thehopefulquotes)

quotemadness

I take much pleasure in being alone but there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone.

Charles Bukowski (via quotemadness)

quotefeeling

I want to be with you, it is as simple, and as complicated as that.

Charles Bukowski (via quotefeeling)

lifeinpoetry

I’m not afraid of love or its consequence of light.

— Joy Harjo, from "The Creation Story," Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light

lifeinpoetry

I wonder if later I will forgive myself for having denied my loved ones demonstrations of my loving them. I was too busy demonstrating myself to the universe. I was too busy turning strangers into sites of worship.

— Mikko Harvey, from "Funny Business," Let the World Have You

lifeinpoetry

Why galaxies, God? The fit / of one palm inside another? This ache / of once—

— Maya C. Popa, from "Prayer," Wound Is the Origin of Wonder

alhwrites

you are the most permanent thing in your life. always. that won’t change. ever. so put you first. prioritize you. choose you. you, you, you. your needs, your wants, your dreams, your feelings, your happiness, your peace. never sacrifice any of that, and do not spend your entire life treating people who might be temporary better than you treat yourself.

— alhwrites

especially if they act like a temporary person: bare minimum, low effort, confusing, unkind, shitty, toxic.