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The beauty of living in a walkable city is that when you feel sad you can just walk and walk and walk till you stumble upon a place that makes you feel better

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I really thought grief was just a constant state of catatonia but I’m entirely wrong bc you feel like you’re normal and okay for maybe most of the day but then it creeps up on you again and chokes you all out of nowhere and then you rebound and feel okay again and then there it is creeping up on you again and it literally never ends it’s like motion sickness

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You think attention is love and that’s why you suffer so deeply.

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Riceboy Sleeps (2022) | dir. Anthony Shim

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We can't change people. But we can love them in a way that helps them grow. And sometimes that means letting go.

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While I can't have you, I long for you. I am the kind of person who would miss a train or a plane to meet you for coffee. I'd take a taxi across town to see you for ten minutes. I'd wait outside all night if I thought you would open the door in the morning.

- Jeanette Winterson

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I still get sad about what happened. Every now and then it just hits me. Sometimes, it takes days for me to get over it.

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“The deeper the wound, the more private the pain.”

— Isabel Allende, Paula

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"How many scars did you justify because you loved the person who was holding the knife?"

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“It is easier to forgive an enemy than forgive a friend.”

— William Blake

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I just want passion but it’s like no one wants to be passionate anymore and then life feels so terribly meaningless and i can’t get out of bed

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I’m always the back burner friend. The friend that’s always there for everyone, but not important enough to be there for. I’m only moved to the front when it’s convenient. I’m tired.