they’re from an article on bruises
Sharon Olds, from "Something Is Happening", One Secret Thing: Poems
whatever i'm feeling franz kafka already described a hundred years ago
Janet Fitch, from White Oleander
Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Edward Sackville-West
not to sound like a victorian woman suffering from hysteria but i do think going to the sea would fix me
idk who needs to hear this but no one can stop what is meant for you
okay now that i’ve calmed down what am i going to buy myself as a treat for enduring this suffering
An excerpt from the song 'Pleaser' by Wallows
healthy love exists and it’s worth being patient for
— Natalie Diaz, Manhattan Is a Lenape Word
Morgan Parker, Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night; “Greetings from Struggle City”
[Text ID: For a taste of your neck I would / burn my tongue]
i wish i wasn’t so easily left behind// A.M
desperation sits heavy on my tongue
they invented mankind's most embarrassing agony when they invented "having a crush"



