#rainsofwords

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“The stars do not question why they shine, and neither should you.”

— Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

[bluepandapoet]

I wish that every time a great line is written by some unknown writer, a new star is forged in the sky to burn for them.

You will be surprised to see such a night sky, overflowing with stars.

Then I'll ask you, "Why are you crying?"

-Bluepandapoet

@writerscreed

[blueacademiablog]

Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made.

Tyler Kent White (via surqrised)

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“Grief is a language of the body, a slow unwinding of time written in aching bones.”

— Anne Carson, Nox

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“Empowerment is not given, but reclaimed.”

— Shirin Ebadi, Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran

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“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.”

— Rumi, Masnavi

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“The stars will shine over a moonless night, and so will you in the darkest of times.”

— Nikita Gill, Wild Embers

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and also I am the leaves and the blossoms, and, like them, I am full of delight, and shaking.

Mary Oliver, Red Bird

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“There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.”

— Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

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“Love that lingers beyond the veil does not decay—it becomes the echo that haunts and heals in equal measure.”

— Alice Notley, The Descent of Alette

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“She had always felt that the world was as fragile as a dream; that the slightest breath could wake her and she’d be back where she belonged.”

— Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke and Bone

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“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”

— Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

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“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”

— Carl Jung, Psychology and Alchemy

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“The moon knows all your secrets, yet it still bathes you in its light.”

— Nikita Gill, Wild Embers

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“Perhaps we only leave so we may once again return home.”

— Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

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“Chaos is not destruction. Chaos is rebirth.”

— Wanda Maximoff, Scarlet Witch #3 (2023)