I Am Out With Lanterns Looking For Myself

“You do not need another heart to make yours beat, despite popular misconception.”

— Ian S. Thomas

“I always look well when I’m near death.”

— Marguerite Gautier

Ellen Bass, from “The End”, The Human Line

“Loving me isn’t easy, I have sharp edges, I have missing parts.”

— Donte Collins

The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.

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Stéphane Mallarmé, from Collected Poems and Other Verse; “The Nurse and Herodias,” (x)

Is it a crime to desire a life beyond my own?

Is it a crime to want to be anyone but me?

Reginald Dwayne Betts “BALLAD OF THE GROUNDHOG”

“I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do. I learned to suspect that everyone is capable of living a lie. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable.”

— Lynn Barber (via stay-close)

Would you destroy something perfect in order to make it beautiful?

Gerard Way