“The way you can memorize someone’s gestures but never know their thoughts. And the feeling that people are like house with vast rooms and tiny windows. The way you can feel so exposed, anyway.”
— Becky Albertalli, Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“The way you can memorize someone’s gestures but never know their thoughts. And the feeling that people are like house with vast rooms and tiny windows. The way you can feel so exposed, anyway.”
— Becky Albertalli, Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Lucille Clifton
“Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life.”
— Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
"I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. To dream, to live in the world of dreams."
– Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
Ilyas Abu Shabaka, tr. by Adnan Haydar and Michael Beard, from Modern Arabic Poetry: an anthology; “You or I?”
haha bestie but seriously what if we made out and fucked in ur car
the intimacy of “how did you know that?” “because i know you”
we will always know eachother
Do you think of me when you see the moon?
Do you think of me when you count the stars?
Do you think of me when you hear talk of meteors?
i truly believe that there is a difference between someone who is busy and makes you feel left alone in an emotional way, and someone who is busy and still makes you feel seen and loved. healthy communication goes a long way. and the base of healthy communication is emotional intelligence.