bothered

[tousld]

I wish I could be cold and cruel and kind enough to myself to hack you out of me

[tousld]

I still love you. That’s the kicker, right? I still fucking love you.

[tousld]

I know so little about myself I hardly claim my own name

Mars via (@tousld)

[metaphorformetaphor]

All I have to offer is this illusion, my self.

Rumi, from “The War Inside,” Love Is a Stranger (Shambhala, 2000)

[tousld]

I'm so afraid of losing what little I have left of you.

Mari via (tousld)

[tousld]

Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.

Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

[tousld]

You don't deserve the prominence you still have in my head- I hope you never know it.

Mari via (tousld)

[tousld]

I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.

Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

[tousld]

may the mistakes of our past lives lead the way

Mari via (tousld)

[tousld]

I spent too long burning with a love that consumed me, don't you dare call me cold.

Mari via (tousld)