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sometimes i think adulthood just means constantly searching for and chasing that joy you so effortlessly felt during your childhood.

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i opened my mouth, almost said something. almost. the rest of my life might have turned out differently if i had. but i didn’t.

the kite runner by khaled hosseini (2003).

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we sit in the gas station parking lot watching the summer sun disappear behind the trees. we don’t talk about it. you light up my cigarette instead. this moment feels like it’ll never end but looking back, that’s all the time we had. will you look for me in the next life?

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no one will ever be able to knock the wind out of me again. not like that. not like you.

honeybee by trista mateer (2014).

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what did it mean to love something so much and also be wrong about it? what did it mean to love a version of something that might not really exist—not as you saw it? did this negate the love? was the love still real?

milk fed by melissa broder (2021).

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you were destined for me. perhaps as a punishment.

fyodor dostoevsky.

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don’t let anyone make you feel bad for being hopeful. the world needs hope, and you’re not foolish or delusional for holding it.

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here is your gentle reminder that there are dandelions growing through cracks in the sidewalk. there is a fence lizard on the porch who is growing a new tail. there are trees growing through an abandoned house, branches tearing through the ceiling, ferns carpeting the floor. there is life pushing forward, pushing through.

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good morning, you have to be the thing that saves you.

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i think it’s sweet when things don’t work out and then later on you realize that they actually really did.

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it was a long time ago. it doesn’t matter anymore. and yet i can not let it go. i can not let it go.

sylvia plath from a letter to ruth tiffany beuscher (1962).

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he was really laughing then. “marianne,” he said, “i’m not a religious person but i do sometimes think god made you for me.”

normal people by sally rooney (2018).

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starting tomorrow everything’s going to be okay. they just announced it.

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softly, sweetheart. you excite my whole being.

farewell to thee by lydia kamakaeha (1896).

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radio is kind of wild really, the first thing we did after discovering an ethereal field that permeates the universe is infuse it with music.

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she was laughing even as we kissed and kissed again. this is no better taste than this: someone else’s laughter in your mouth.

forever by maggie steifvater (2011)

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“what if i’m a bad person?” yeah? well what if you aren’t? what if you’re trying your best and you’re growing and you’re kind? what then?

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