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"why could people like himself never see such things unless they were pointed out first by someone else?"

_ two solitudes, Hugh Maclennan

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Strangers

what is more romantic than complimenting a stranger… literally just going out of your way to be kind to someone you will never see again and are not expecting anything in return. just to make them happy for a moment in passing…. people who compliment strangers are the best type of people humanity has to offer

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your fingers will grip mine

to say things words can't describe

_rupi Kaur, fingers

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Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

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'in a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act: to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.'

_Ocean Vuong

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"Maybe love isn't something that comes full circle. It just ebbs and flows, in and out, just like the people in our lives."

_it ends with us, Colleen Hoover

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"I'm going to make a promise to you," he said. "When my life is good enough for you to be a part of it, I'll come find you."

_it ends with us, Colleen Hoover

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"Moonlight can play odd tricks upon the fancy, even upon a dreamer's fancy."

_Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier

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Excerpt from "You've Reached Sam" by DUSTIN THAO

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"there is no one day that clearly marks when winter ends and spring begins. Spring hides inside winter. We notice it emerging with our eyes, our skin and other senses. We find it in new buds, a comfortable breeze and the warmth of the sun.it exists alongside winter."

_Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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"And he knows now that he has to be careful: he has tasted anger, and he knows he has to control it. He can feel it, waiting to burst from his mouth in a swarm of stinging black flies. Where has this rage been hiding? he wonders. How can he make it disappear?"

_a little life by Hanya Yanagihara

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"He was frightened of everything, it sometimes seemed, and he hated that about himself. Fear and hatred, fear and hatred: often, it seemed those were the only two qualities he possessed. Fear of everyone else; hatred of himself."

_Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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I wanted to get somebody for him. I wanted to go into the room where he lay and reassure him: "I'll get somebody for you, Gatsby. Don't worry. Just trust me and I'll get somebody for you_"

_F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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"no amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart."

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Thanks for tagging me @escapadeist !!

This is my lockscreen that i recently changed(i just love the photography), the last song i heard(more like listening to) and the last saved photo (really liked the decor)!

I'm tagging (absolutely no pressure): @coffeeandwhiskeyy @the-shooting-star @the-devils-feather @mlkylvr @wild-dreamer-0 @imgoldenlikedaylight @november-rage @aisherk

I was tagged by @frengers to post my lockscreen, the last song I listened to, and the last photo I downloaded!

I tag: @poptart-cat-78 @ready-for-the-leaves @coffeez4closers and anyone else who wants to do it!

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_Louise Glück, from poem "A Summer Garden"