He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.
Leo Tolstoy {Anna Karenina}
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requested by anon
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“Because you don’t think I’m a bad person,” he said. “And I don’t want to prove you wrong.”
Schwab, V. E. (2014-01-10). Vicious (Kindle Locations 2837-2838). Titan Books. Kindle Edition. (via ngpeltier)
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Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.
Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (via fyp-psychology)
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At 17, I should have been learning to drive a car, not hoping one would hit me.
Things I’m realising at 18. (via theyfoundusrunning)
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I await the day where being awake is better than being asleep.
allthesinkingships (via wordsnquotes)
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The monster in my closet is but a mirror.
inspired by inkskinned’s poem (via itwillfinditself)
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