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𝖠𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝖺-𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖲𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗇 | 𝖨𝖦: 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺_𝖺𝗋𝗍

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“You don’t need another human being to make your life complete, but let’s be honest. Having you wounds kissed by someone who doesn’t see them as disasters in your soul but cracks to put their love into is the most calming thing in this world.”

— Emery Allen

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I was not made for….*gestures broadly at the world*

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I dread the end of winter.

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the romance of sitting in a room with the person you love, each of you doing your own thing like reading a book or playing a game.... silent but full of love and warmth

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I think the saddest thing my fiancé ever said to me was when we were talking about my father, who died when I was 15. I mentioned that I never truly got to know my dad at that age. I wasn't old enough to care about who my father was as a person. I just cared that he was my dad. I regret it now, of course.

But my fiancé assured me, "You already know him. Because everything he ever was lives within you as the lessons he taught. Your honesty, your integrity, your compassion. Those were all his. And they live in you now. So yeah, you knew him on a personal level. You always did."

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🥲 it’s been 5 years

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Rebecca Perry, Beauty/Beauty; from 'Kintsugi 金継ぎ'

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book dedications are so tender here is this piece of art i made for an audience of thousands. but really every word is for you

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“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.”

— George F. Will

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“Do you ever have those random nights where your brain won’t shut off, even though your body feels like five hundred pounds of exhausted.”

— Becky Albertalli

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“To hell with being ashamed of what you liked.”

— Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man