March 2013
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heartworm
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. a relationship or friendship that you can’t get out of your head, which you thought had faded long ago but is still somehow alive and unfinished, like an abandoned campsite whose smoldering embers still have the power to start a forest fire.
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My goal in life is to have a library so impressive...
February 2013
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You write so beautifully, the inside of your mind must be a terrifying place
“It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical...”
– Naguib Mahfouz (via corgiwhisperer)
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the world is heavy
but your bones (just a cubic inch) can hold 19,000 lbs
ounce for ounce they are stronger than steel
atom for atom you are more precious than diamond
and stars have died so that you may live
you need to remember these things when you say that you are weak and worthless
When other girls talk about wedding dresses, and...
August 2012
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July 2012
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“A man says to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,...”
– The Complete Poems of Stephen Crane, Stephen Crane (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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“People never explain to you exactly what they think and feel and how their...”
– A Week in December, Sebastian Faulks (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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“Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of...”
– Fear of Flying, Erica Jong (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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“She grinned at me. ‘You got types?’
Only you darling - lanky brunettes with...”
– The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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spilledwhiteink:
Somedays
the pain of missing you
knocks quietly.
On others,
it waits outside
‘til I invite it in.
But tonight
it arrived
straight from you,
like an unexpected letter,
which I opened right away.
And even now,
when the pain is strongest,
a hollow...
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“That’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone...”
– Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (via larmoyante)
I Once Dated A Writer and
ofheightsandhollows:
Writers are forgetful, but they remember everything. They forget appointments and anniversaries, but remember what you wore, how you smelled, on your first date… They remember every story you’ve ever told them - like ever, but forget what you’ve just said. They don’t remember to water the plants or take out the trash, but they don’t forget how to make you laugh. ...
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“I believe in music the way some people believe in fairy tales.”
– August Rush (via julie911)
June 2012
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corgiwhisperer asked: love love love love love your blog
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Sometimes I spend so long on tumblr and goodreads...
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“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
– W.H. Auden (via kerryquotesquotes)
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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.”
– David Foster Wallace (via musingsinfemininity)
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