“Once You Choose Hope, Anything’s Possible.”

“What-ifs and could-have-beens were not the way to move forward. She knew that from experience.”

— Judi Fennell

when oscar wilde said "i'm tired of myself tonight, i should like to be someone else' and when sylvia plath said ''i wish i knew what to do with my life, what to do with my heart" and when rilke said "this heavy humanness" .

They lived and laughed and loved and left.

Joanne Harris // Cecelia Ahern // Illustration by Cecile Richard // Rupi Kaur // Margarita Karapanou // Miranda July // Taylor Swift // T. R. Hummer // Richard Siken // James Joyce

“One of the most amazing things that can happen is finding someone who sees everything you are and won’t let you be anything less. They see the potential of you. They see endless possibilities. And through their eyes, you start to see yourself the same way. As someone who matters. As someone who can make a difference in this world.”

— Susane Colasanti

Self-care is doing what’s best for you for the long term. Sometimes that means taking it easy, sometimes that means pushing yourself. Sometimes it means saying yes, sometimes it means saying no. Sometimes it’s cutesy, sometimes it’s hard and frustrating and ugly. There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to self-care. Do it your way.

“Loving you was like going to war, I never came back the same.”

— Warsan Shire

Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos