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Someone has gone, forever, and you have to stop waiting for them to come back. Without realizing it, you are stuck on pause, as if their not being here might change.
“Forever”: people say it in wedding vows all the time like they understand what it means, but actual forever is fucking huge.
Sometimes naturally loyal people fail to spot when they shouldn’t be loyal.
notice, once again, that company that’s not the right fit for you is so much lonelier than being happily alone.
how many mistakes in life are born of a simple fear of being rude.
The things we do to avoid difficult things are often worse than the difficult thing.
The thing about being young is, you don’t have much else to compare anything to.
(Yeah, my God is a man, I feel more comfortable blaming Him then.)
Seeing someone you know well in a totally different context is always disorientating and vaguely impressive. You realize you have them on loan from the other lives they lead.
Funny how trauma gives you a pin-sharp recall for detail.
If there’s something I am sure of, it’s that I will never think I’ve had enough time with her.
We had it drummed into us that you do not talk about the family skeletons.
