“You will hear thunder and remember me,
And think: "she wanted storms.”
― Anna Akhmatova
russian// 20// art history
It’s insane how happy I’ve been. I am so grateful to be alive. I’m so glad I held on and got to this point. Just a reminder that things do get better and to follow your dreams, because it pays off in the most unexpected ways.
Dear Life,
I am slowly falling
in love with you again.
We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art—we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.
I didn’t cry. So I already call it a success.
Listen — are you breathing just a little and calling it a life?
Mary Oliver, Have You Ever Tried To Enter The Long Black Branches
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man oh man. i really thought i would never love somebody as much as i loved you. i thought when you broke my heart that was it; i would never love or trust again, never laugh freely or be myself or be happy. i thought you’d ruined all my favorite things, every art piece, every special place, every love song.
man oh man. i’ve never been more delighted to be wrong.
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand–and melting like a snowflake…
obit
Never go home. We are nothing but homes. Find a light and find yourself alight and stray. Be bright and weatherful. Nothing can ever be unseen.
