Would describe my current state as constant decay. Trying to remind myself that rebirth is the inevitable next step. We must reap, after all
Will never ever stop thinking about Faudet saying love and loss share the same unmade bed
I have said it before and I will die on this hill. Women with fathers are only lucky because they did not have to grow up witnessing their mothers experience the heartbreak of dating.
Missing the tenderness today
Forcing positivity as a means of survival and listening to endless and reminding myself that it is in indeed an honor to feel the color of the longest day
Assuring loved ones that I chose life a long time ago is the hardest part of choosing life
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, from letters to Natalie Paley
[text ID: Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence.]
Every day I remind myself you are not a possession that I am capable of losing and every day I love you more for it
steady companionship, washing the dishes, remembering each other's favorite food, mending the little traits and habits that make us insufferable to put up with, a constant affection that is not disturbed by fantastic highs or devastating lows, patience, good humor, a shared commitment to being good to each other. a mountain of happiness built one pebble at a time, every day, for decades.
and bids for attention returned positively at least seventy percent of the time, according to the sociologists.
The most beautiful part is that when you find the right person this is the most natural thing in the world. The hard part is constantly becoming a better version of yourself.
Deciding to keep living out of spite feels so pure
Anne Boyer, What Resembles the Grave But Isn’t
Default feeling is vaguely nauseous
Margaret Atwood, from “Eating Fire”, Selected Poems: 1965-1975
I’m on mommy issues tiktok where I’m constantly being shown slideshows of mommy issues content and it makes me want to eat my anxiety pills like tic tacs
Being a lesbian is so fun I love being hot and having a hot girlfriend