Ash

“i want a love that doesn’t break one that gives me water when i am consumed by fire one that offers me shelter when i am lost one that helps me see that the hero i am looking for is me (partners)”
― Yung Pueblo, Inward

“I wanted to ask you about your vision of perfection in an imperfect world, or what side of the earth calls out to you when you touch a physical globe, or maybe about your greatest heartache and how you still go on as your world continues turning, or what you do with a memory once lodged inside your bones that;s still breathing, and burning. But you're still a stranger, and I'm overly polite, so I'll ask all about your day when I'd rather know about your life.”
― Victoria Erickson

“As I got older, I discovered that nothing within me cried out for a baby. My womb did not seem to have come equipped with that famously ticking clock. Unlike so many of my friends, I did not ache with longing whenever I saw an infant. (Though I did ache with longing, it is true, whenever I saw a good used-book shop)”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

“While one may lose much because of avarice, nothing was ever accomplished by abstinence.”
― Isuna Hasekura, Spice & Wolf, Vol. 01