Thriving, Or Surviving? You Decide.

[remanence-of-love]

[mournfulroses]

Sara Torres, from her novel titled "X Is Where I Am," orginally published in March 2026

[signedthemoon]

— isa b. this survival hasn't been soft

[vexheart]

This

[florial]

[thoughtkick]

“Falling in love was simple; one had only to yield. Digesting another person, however, and sustaining love, was bloody work, and not a soft job.”

— Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories

[perfectfeelings]

“I just want to be the answer you give when someone asks you why you’ve been so happy lately.”

— iammyss

[mirethos]

[ss-writess]

“You are the only thing that has ever made my instinct to survive compete with my instinct to stay.”

[glitchedoutpxie]

[paper-wounds]

[xtroor]

All roads unfortunately lead back to tumblr.

[thehopefulquotes]

“We mature with the damage, not with the years.”

— Mateus William

[remanence-of-love]

[uss0]

i highly recommend finding yourself a clingy (healthy) lovey dovey partner who's always super excited about you. life is too short to spend it with someone who acts like showing love is a chore.

[vexheart]

[minimalistquotes]

I'm slowly teaching myself that someone else's emergency is not my emergency. I've been running miles for people who couldn't even take a step for me.