It Was Good For A While, Being Empty. I Didn’t Hurt Anymore. But As Time Went On, It Was Like I Could

James Dean, New York, 1954

Studio Card - Christopher Wool, 1988

Imagine how much scarier the ocean would be if we fell through it as fast as we fall through air.

My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you’ve been mean to someone, they won’t believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it’s time to stop being nice, then destroy them.

Summer haze

“August of another summer, and once again

I drink the sun

and the lilies are spread across the water”

-Mary Oliver, from Felicity, The Pond

“I think freckles, stretch marks, tattoos, bruises, birthmarks, and scars are probably the coolest thing. You started with a blank canvas and look at you now, all this evidence that you’ve lived”

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“One day we got tired, tired of chasing, of caring, of worrying… Not because we didn’t want more, but because the person didn’t value our efforts.”

— Daniel C. L.  (via convertions)

Even under the best of circumstances, there’s just something so damn tragic about growing up.

Jonathan Tropper (via quotemadness)

Fatal attraction to older men in suits.

(via appropriaterebellion)