“She Understood That The Hardest Times In Life To Go Through Were When You Were Transitioning From

— Julie Anne Peters, from “By The Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead.”

I wish we had met before the world ruined me

I wish I could love you as the person you deserve

“The right one for you will move mountains to be with you—he won’t hide behind them.”

— Mandy Hale, The Single Woman

“The person you will be in 5 years is based on the books you read and the people you surround yourself with today.”

— Unknown (via stay-close)

There are far too many silent sufferers. Not because they don’t yearn to reach out, but because they’ve tried and found no one who cares.

Richelle E. Goodrich

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”

— Aristoteles

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

“I may be feeding an impure hunger.”

— Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Violet Dickinson written c. September 1907 (via violentwavesofemotion)

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, from “Carmilla”

“It’s weird to feel someone’s attention on you that way, like you’re the only thing in the world they’re listening to. Most of the time people are distracted, or just thinking about what they’re going to say next.”

— Lilith Saintcrow, Jealousy