— Traci Brimhall, Dear Eros

if you hold on to that yearning for too long it becomes indistinguishable from cowardice

in the meantime: study, journal, read more books, sit in silence, listen to music, take walks, take the stairs, do more things alone, do more things with friends, take notice of the small wonders of the world, create a sacred space in your mind

the way he blushes more and more every time he gets a kiss🤭

I AM NOT INTERESTED IN LIVING A LIFE WHERE I COWER AWAY FROM BEAUTY OR GOODNESS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL TO BE HURT. I AM BARRELING TOWARD IT. LIFE IS GOING TO CRACK ME OPEN LIKE A PIÑATA AND I AM GOING TO LET IT.

Marguerite Duras, from The Lover

Text ID: I've never written, though I thought I wrote, never loved, though I thought I loved, never done anything but wait outside the closed door.

Marco Ieie

honestly, the radicalizing event that made me ditch faux-ironic detachment is when I sent a hard-to-write sentimental message to someone I was (at the time) close with, and they sent the vomiting emoji back. it was like oh okay, that sucks. I am now of the opinion that it is 100x cooler and braver to be sappy with the people you care about.

Susanna Majuri (Finnish, b. 1978, Helsinki, Finland) - 1: Kaksoset (Gemini), 2009  2: Saviour, 2008  3: Untitled (Kalan), 2007  4: Prairie, 2008  Photography