“This note about anatomy
from me to you
is for the remembering that
after you speak
after you shout
your open mouth
will breathe in the light
for which you've hungered
and your backbone will unfurl,
until you can again dance to the beat
of your steadfast heart.”
― Shout
from me to you
is for the remembering that
after you speak
after you shout
your open mouth
will breathe in the light
for which you've hungered
and your backbone will unfurl,
until you can again dance to the beat
of your steadfast heart.”
― Shout
“True terror isn’t being scared; it’s not having a choice on the matter.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I was in love and love died and the pain you've left isn't pain I can see myself having the strength to face again.”
― History Is All You Left Me
― History Is All You Left Me
“I'm sorry, but please don't be mad at me for reliving all of it. History is all you left me.”
― History Is All You Left Me
― History Is All You Left Me
“It’s a weird phrase in English, in love, like it’s a sea you drown in or a town you live in. You don’t get to be in anything else—in friendship or in anger or in hope. All you can be in is love.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
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