If I can’t have love I’ll take sunshine

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix.
Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus  

I hope that someday, somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and that’s all they do. They don’t pull away. They don’t look at your face. They don’t try to kiss you. All they do is wrap you up in their arms, without an ounce of selfishness in it.
Jenna, Waitress 

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
Hafiz

she’s sensitive, too. takes to hurt the way water takes to paper.
this is how you lose her, junot diaz

We all create stories to protect ourselves.
Mark Z. Danielewski 

Why didn’t I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.
Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 

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