Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

Good morning, you have to be the thing that saves you

― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

“Believe me, what you want is someone to have dinner with. Sleep with from time to time, telephone every day or write. It’s what you set up that is defeating. Make it very modest. And give yourself permission to make a few mistakes. You know, blow it a bit. Have a few drinks and fall into bed with somebody. It doesn’t have to be the final thing.”

— Leonard Cohen on relationships, 2007

there is something wrong with me but together there could be something wrong with us <3

“Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand.”

— Sylvia Plath

Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

The Moon That Turns You Back, Hala Alyan