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— "Fall"

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— "Story Arcs"

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— "Star Light Star Bright"

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— "Margins" by elyhse

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— "Maybe" by elyhse

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— "Ten Years Since I Left" by elyhse

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Life isn't about coincidences. It's about chances. He can see you one day out of pure coincidence, but if neither of you takes that first step, then it's just that—a coincidence. So maybe if I took that chance, took that leap of faith that day, then maybe—just maybe—we could've have been something more than just another missed opportunity.

Excerpt from a book I'll never write #3

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Positive Words List

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"...nothing in heaven or earth could break them apart. Hell, not even hell itself could do that." He laughed gently, "They were the perfect fairytale." She shook her head, "No, they weren't!" "What?" he asked, raising a questioning eyebrow at her. "You said nothing in heaven or earth or even hell could break them apart," she explained, "that's not a good story. It's terrible." "No, it's not! It's beautiful!" he protested, sounding extremely offended. "Yeah, well, nothing in the whole universe could break them apart. Except each other," she said with a weak grin.

Excerpt from a book I'll never write #2

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I think about you. But I don’t say it anymore.

Marguerite Duras, Hiroshima Mon Amour (via quotethat)

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"Stop making me feel this way!" she exclaimed, her voice cracking. "What way?" he countered, cocking an eyebrow as if challenging her to say what she felt out loud. "I don't know, okay! I don't know what I'm feeling. But it's making me really confused. I don't want to feel things for you. I don't want to feel things for someone I could potentially lose!" she yelled, tears streaming down her cheeks. "You're not going to lose me." She shook her head, tears still falling, "No?" she asked, chuckling darkly. "Well that's because I'm starting to lose myself."

Excerpt from a book I’ll never write #1

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If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

Albert Einstein (via quotethat)

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How do you know you like someone? Does your heart beat faster? Do you get butterflies in your stomach? Does your face burn up? Do you think about them all the time? But, the thing about liking someone is that they might not like you back. They might not care for you like you care for them. They won't walk past your classroom in hopes to catch a glimpse of your face. They won't see you the way you see them. To them, you are but another star in the sky—ordinary. But to you, they are the moon, shining ever so brightly and beautifully amidst the specks of stars.

an excerpt from my diary

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I’m 21 and what this means is I reference disasters in my love poems. Hurricane Katrina as a metaphor. Genocide as a backdrop. I’m 21 and what this means is that I never cut my hair because my hands are lonely. What this means is I don’t mind the knots. I’m 21 and what this means is the world terrifies me. What this means is I don’t understand health insurance and sometimes I forget to feed myself. I’m 21 and what this means is I’m still young enough to die young. What this means is I leave chipped nail polish on my toes all the way from fall to spring. What this means is I believe in anything ethereal like friendship and love and Harry Potter. What this means is when the boy I‘m kissing is nice to his mother I think I may love him. I’m 21 and what this means is I sleep in my best friend’s bed when I’m sad. What this means is we make each other coffee on long days. What this means is there are a lot of long days. I’m 21 and what this means is everything is beautiful and everything is tragic and sometimes I can’t tell one from the other. What this means is sometimes I laugh while I cry. What this means is I’m trying.

Fortesa Latifi - what this means is i’m trying (via madgirlf)

Always reblog.

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He says ‘I don’t get it, why are you still a virgin at 24?’ He says ‘I don’t believe you, I’ve seen you walk, virgins don’t walk like that’ He says, ‘That ain’t natural, people are supposed to fuck.’ He asks ‘Why though? No offence though.’ I ask ‘When was your first time?’ He says ‘I was 12’ He says ‘I know what you’re thinking, that’s too young.’ I look at his knuckles, he has two good hands. He says ‘She was older than me.’ I ask ‘How old?’ And he says ‘It’s better that the girl is older, that’s how I learnt all things I know’ He licks his lips. I ask again ‘How old?’ He says ‘I could use one finger to make you sob’ I think of my brother in prison and I can’t remember his face. I ask again ‘How old?’ He says ‘Boys become men in the laps of women, you know?’ I think of my mothers faced lined with her bad choices in men. He says ‘If you were mine you wouldn’t get away with this shit, I’d eat you for hours, I’d gut you like fruit.’ I think of my cousins circumcision, how she feels like a mermaid, not human from the waist down. He says ‘I’d look after you, you know?’ I laugh, I ask for the last time ‘How old?’ He says ‘34.’ He says ‘She was beautiful though and I know what you’re thinking but it’s not like that, I’m a man, I’m a man, I’m a man. No one could ever hurt me’.

Warsan Shire, Crude Conversations With Boys Who Fake Laughter Often (via cactuslungs)