To Gracey...

Sad that you’re not here but happy that you’re somewhere.

“No matter how you feel… Get up. Dress up. Show up. And never give up.”

"Where exactly do you put your hands on somebody who hurts everywhere?"

"you told me your scars were symbolic,

i told you mine were too

but really, i was just mad at the world,

mad at myself,

and mad at you"

written by Norah Galea

"One day someone is going to hug you so tight

That all of your broken pieces

Will stick back together"

"Because right now,

All I can do,

Is think about it over and over again…"

written by Ao Haru Ride / Aoharaido

"Sometimes suffering is just suffering. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t build character. It only hurts."

written by Kate Jacobs, Comfort Food

"Kinda pointless to fight for what you want when what you want continues to break your heart."

“Tired” isn’t even a temporary state for me anymore it’s just an inherent part of my personality at this point.

One night,

I will wake up at three AM

And I will roll over

Into your arms.

You will rub my back

Until I fall back to sleep.

I will wait for that.

"I used to call people, then I got into e-mailing, then texting, and now I just ignore everyone."

written by The New Yorker 

"She felt happy these days, yet there was always an undercurrent of sadness just below the surface."

written by Diane Chamberlain, The Lost Daughter

"Sometimes, when you’re sad you don’t know what to do, it helps to be angry. But then the tears come back again all the same, and you fall asleep with the salty taste of them on your lips."

written by Cornelia Funke, Inkheart 

"I crave space. It charges my batteries. It helps me breathe. Being around people can be so exhausting, because most of them love to take and barely know how to give. Except for a rare few."

"We loved with a love that was more than love."

i smoked three cigarettes

at the bus stop this morning

to keep my hands busy

i said ill get better soon

and im trying to actually

mean it this time

"I always find myself caught between saying too much and not saying enough"

"I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile and I wore thick fucking armor. And I hurt people so they couldn’t hurt me. And I thought that was what being tough, but it isn’t."

"People change and forget to tell each other."

"Maybe when we die, the first thing we’ll say is, ‘I know this feeling. I was here before.’"

written by Don DeLillo, White Noise

"There are a lot of things we don’t want to know about the people we love."

written by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

"I always find myself caught between saying too much and not saying enough"

"It’s when you hide things that you choke on them."

"But things work out, you know? Even if it doesn’t feel okay for a long time, or even if it feels like things will never be okay again, everything works out in the end."

written by Lauren Morrill, Meant to Be

"Roam if you must but come home when you’ve seen enough."

Stay strong, love! :)

"These are the days that must happen to you." written by Walt Whitman

"No matter how you feel… Get up. Dress up. Show up. And never give up."

"‎The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her." written by Bob Marley

“Today I saw cancer, cigarettes, and shortness of breath. This is why I walk to the ocean. Swim with sharks and jellyfish. I may never get this chance again. This is why if you want to kiss, you should kiss. If you want to cry, you should cry. And if you want to live, you should live. You don’t have to love me. You already did.” — Ryan Ross

"I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there’s no going back." written by Robyn Davidson, Tracks

"You know how sometimes your life is so perfect you’re afraid for the next moment, because it couldn’t possibly be quite as good? That’s what it felt like." written by Jodi Picoult, Handle With Care

"And kid, you’ve got to love yourself. You’ve got wake up at four in the morning, brew black coffee, and stare at the birds drowning in the darkness of the dawn. You’ve got to sit next to the man at the train station who’s reading your favorite book and start a conversation. You’ve got to come home after a bad day and burn your skin from a shower. Then you’ve got to wash all your sheets until they smell of lemon detergent you bought for four dollars at the local grocery store. You’ve got to stop taking everything so goddam personally. You are not the moon kissing the black sky. You’ve got to compliment someones crooked brows at an art fair and tell them that their eyes remind you of green swimming pools in mid July. You’ve got to stop letting yourself get upset about things that won’t matter in two years. Sleep in on Saturday mornings and wake yourself up early on Sunday. You’ve got to stop worrying about what you’re going to tell her when she finds out. You’ve got to stop over thinking why he stopped caring about you over six months ago. You’ve got to stop asking everyone for their opinions. Fuck it. Love yourself, kiddo. You’ve got to love yourself."

And I just thought that you should know that I’ve been holding on while you’ve been letting go.

"One time you told me that the opposite of love isn’t hate. And I didn’t understand that, but I think I do now. Because if you hate someone, you must still care, right? You have to care a little bit; otherwise you would just ignore them and forget they even live." written by Barry Lyga, Goth Girl Rising