“I’ve Never Been Very Good At Leaving Things Behind. I Tried, But I Have Always Left Fragments Of

Akka (Acre), Palestine. Pre 1948.

“This is not goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.”

— Nicholas Sparks

the kings as kids

Toriko: Coco, what does coffee taste like?

Coco: Unfortunately, not as good as it smells.

Toriko: Like shampoo?

Coco: No.

Coco: Actually, wait… probably yes.

Toriko:

Coco: Wait what did you just ask me?

“Scar tissue has no character. It’s not like skin. It doesn’t show age or illness or pallor or tan. It has no pores, no hair, no wrinkles. It’s like a slip cover. It shields and disguises what’s beneath. That’s why we grow it; we have something to hide.”

— Susanna Kaysen 

“I have a need of silence and of stars. Too much is said too loudly…”

— William Alexander Percy 

“It’s unbelievable how you can affect someone else so deeply and never know.”

— Susane Colasanti 

I'm sending you love and poetry, darling

“I wondered which was sadder, leaving someone to cry after you were gone, or not having anyone who would miss you in the first place.”

— William Ritter

“Once you lose someone it is never exactly the same person who comes back.”

— Sharon Olds 

“I wish you’d find the exit out of my head.”

— Virginia Woolf