Azra Tabassum's Blog, page 34

"Of course, I wonder if they love me back, which is, really, besides the point. I don’t do it to be..."

“Of course, I wonder if they love me back, which is, really, besides the point. I don’t do it to be adored, I do it because my love keeps getting bigger and that’s what happens.”

- Richard Siken, ‘The Long and Short of It’ (via lordmalak)

"All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life — where do they put..."

“All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life —

where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it.”

- Miranda July, It Chooses You (via stolenwine)

I angrily outgrow poetry like an old shell but I keep coming back to your page time and again. I pare down my bookshelves to save space but your book is always there. Just wanted to let you know that even though I'm the kind of person who usually doesn't g

This is one of the most meaningful messages I’ve ever received. It is so important to me that my writing doesn’t bore or outgrow you. I can’t wait for you to be able to read some of my new writing. I hope it’s just as moving and timeless.

I'm not sure if you understand urdu/hindi but there's a song called O yaara from the movie bin roye and for some reason it always reminds me of you

I’m gonna listen to it right now! I understand bits and bobs but I’m just chuffed that something reminds you of me! Of all people!!! ✨

Look at this kitty cat everyone

Look at this kitty cat everyone

"Wait, I want to say,your hips are more than a hotel,wait for it–your body is a place to stay."

“

Wait, I want to say,

your hips are more than a hotel,

wait for it–

your body is a place to stay.

”

- Azra Tabassum, from “Ruin Does Not Look Like You,” Shaking the Trees


(via 7-weeks)

"Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets, your bad dreams, your shoes, your..."

“Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets, your bad dreams, your shoes, your nouns. Take me to your fingers.”

- Margaret Atwood, In Other Worlds


(via thelovejournals)

"… the heart is a severedkind of muscle and alone.I can hear yours in your room. I hear minein..."

“… the heart is a severed

kind of muscle and alone.

I can hear yours in your room. I hear mine

in another room. In another’s.”

- Brenda Shaughnessy, from “Epithalament” (via growing-orbits)

"I want to be inside your darkest everything."

“I want to be inside your darkest everything.”

- Frida Kahlo


(via thelovejournals)

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