January 2011
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mantra
Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Ulysses”
Thanks again, Ash. I needed that.
I think I’ll make it a point to read this every single day.
December 2010
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Unconditional love only exists from parents, if they love you in the first place.
Only time will tell.
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Windstorm | School of Seven Bells
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The fact that I’m still able to feel this much is a blessing. This implies strength not previously acknowledged, regardless of the state of the emotions. That’s what I’m thinking right at this moment.
I’ll let this gestate for another night or two.
The world moves for love; it kneels before it in awe.
– Edward Walker [The Village] (via mydarlinglily)
It really is so much easier if I don’t look.
The blind are lucky.
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My soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child; its restlessness...
– Fernando Pessoa
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In a sense, these things will either make or break me.
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I can still feel that fucking dove in my hands.
Death is not so far down the road. It’ll claim us all before most of us are ready.
Maybe that’s what propels people to accept what’s around them as the end-all-be-all, and settle. Even if it’s working on a subconscious level.
To close their world down to the borders of a single city. So they don’t have to wonder if...
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Only the best will do. Only the best is logical.
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Lesson learned.
I want to live.
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I think everything will work out in the end.
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Yesterday was Christmas, the supposed birth of Christ.
Today, not twenty minutes ago, I held a beautiful dove in my hands. Probably the only time I ever will, and most assuredly under these circumstances. It almost seems fitting in a way, since traditionally doves represent love and peace and have some symbolism in Christianity. Still, the pieces feel wrong. Inverted.
They don’t fit.
They...
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If one is interchangeable, is that person worth anything at all?
I think I’m connected with myself.
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Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely...
– Bob Marley
(via iosonobella)
This is really all I can allow myself.