“I Think Freckles, Stretch Marks, Tattoos, Bruises, Birthmarks, And Scars Are Probably The Coolest

there is no force of nature that says “come here” like the ocean

actually i think graduates of a university should have access to the library databases forever and ever amen

Can you believe that there are people who live so close to the ocean that they can just think “hey, I should go to the ocean” and then they just do???

It was good for a while, being empty. I didn’t hurt anymore. But as time went on, it was like I could hear myself from far away, begging for permission to come back.

Myra McEntire, Hourglass (via wordsnquotes)

Looks like we can’t isolate, ignore, ibuprofen our way out of this one boys

plato doing karaoke: i’m coming out of my cave and i’ve been doing just fine

Leila Chatti, Portrait of the Illness as Nightmare

I swear i lose my mind a few times a year. For months or for seconds, sometimes just days. I can’t say i mind getting happily lost in some ways, isolated and “safe”

Adrienne Rich, from Poetry & Prose: Poems, Prose, Reviews and Criticism; “The Knight,” (x)

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

Jonathan Tropper (via quotemadness)