.The Best of Me.

"In a world where you can be anything, be kind."

[surqrised]

“Don’t wait for things to get easier, simpler, better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now. Otherwise, you’ll run out of time.”

— Unknown

[perfectfeelings]

“I’ve found that growing up means being honest. About what I want. What I need. What I feel. Who I am.”

— Epiphany

[mournfulroses]

Simone de Beauvoir, from "Inseraparable: A Never Before Published Novel,"

[remanence-of-love]

[surfgirl66]

Sigh.

[achlyx]

"The most difficult moments of your life will be the catalysts of your becoming. The challenges will grow you into someone you never imagined you could be... You will be grateful things didn't turn out the way you wanted. You will be grateful for what you struggle with once you get to the other side."

[arylleth]

The worst happened, and then it passed. You lost the person you thought you couldn’t live without and then you kept living. You lost your job then found another one. You began to realize that “safety” isn’t in certainty—but in faith that you can simply keep going.

[selfhealingmoments]

[wedarkacademia]

- Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)

[stuckinapril]

Me in my 20s waiting to get over something I haven’t fully gotten over since I was 12

[thewoodendoll]

[cyberthot666]

on numbness

excerpt from 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think - Brianna Wiest

[emotionalwords]

[emotionalwords]

[stay-close]

“If someone makes you feel, let them.”

— Reyna Biddy

[eldiariodetiara]

Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you're thinking but because you're feeling. Because you're feeling too much. And you can't always control the things you do when you're feeling too much.

Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

[octobersociety-deactivated20241]

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