Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score
“It never really goes away, the longing for the life not lived, because isn’t that part of how we come to know ourselves too? Through what we lack as much as what we have, all we dream but do not hold. Some desires have no resolution.”
— Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt (Tin House Books, March 7, 2023)
“That’s who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.”
— John Green
Don't sabotage your future peace because familiar chaos is comfortable.
“A beautiful thing is never perfect.”
— Egyptian Proverb
“I lie here, paralytic inside this soul - screaming for you ‘til my throat is numb.”
— Skillet’s “Rebirthing” (2006)
“If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you’re okay. Who watches out or you and wants the best for you. Who loves and respects you. Don’t let them go. People like that are hard to find.”
— Franz Kafka
“There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you. And there are others who will understand. without you even speaking a word.”
— Yasmin Mogahed
“One of the best lessons you can master in life is to master how to remain calm.”
— Unknown
Maybe I'll just be fucked up forever / Should have figured myself out by now / And I don't want to tear myself open, no / But it's hard to care when you bleed out
Bring Me The Horizon, sTraNgeRs