enigmasandepiphanies:

having a crush as an adult is so embarrassing, like why am I kicking my feet and giggling instead of earning enough money to get the green sofa of my dreams

liriostigre:

Mary Oliver, “Thirst.” Thirst

metamorphesque:

― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

decreation:

“Mother, I have pasts inside me I did not bury properly. Some nights, your daughter tears herself apart yet heals in the morning.”

— Questions for Ada, ‘Confessions’ by Ijeoma Umebinyuo

lifeinpoetry:

“I don’t know which is more terrifying: being loved or being asked to love.”

— Elissa Washuta, from “Faster Than Your Heart Can Beat,” My Body Is a Book of Rules

books-n-quotes:

“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”

— A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

violentwavesofemotion:

“It was necessary to relearn to look at everything as if it were the first time. I looked at it as if it were the last.”

— Clarice Lispector, from a letter to Fernando Sabino wr. c. March 1959

thequotejournals:

““My heart is so tired.””

— Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

4a0000:

This month has been a difficult year