trustonlymoon

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In your whole life nobody has ever abused you more than you have abused yourself. And the limit of your self-abuse is exactly the limit that you will tolerate from someone else. If someone abuses you a little more than you abuse yourself, you will probably walk away from that person. But if someone abuses you a little less than you abuse yourself, you will probably stay in the rela- tionship and tolerate it endlessly.

- Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

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"As long as this exists," I thought,

"this sunshine and this cloudless sky,

and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?"

- Anne Frank// the diary of a young girl

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"I wasn't heroic. I wasn't simple. I was difficult.

An emotionally challenging puzzle he wasn't up

for solving."

- Verity// Collen Hoover

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"I don't want anyone," I said fiercely. "I want you. Your wit and intelligence, your kindness and charm. The way your eyes crinkle when you laugh and how your smile makes the world tilt just a little bit. I even want the disgusting food combinations you put together and somehow make taste good."

_ Dante Russo/ king of wrath

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“Letting go isn't about forgetting. It's balancing moving forward with life, and looking back from time to time, remembering the people in it.”

— You've Reached Sam, Dustin Thao

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" i love the many seasons of you,

but my favourite season is you ;

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“But no matter what choices we make - solo or together - our finish line remains the same … No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.”

― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

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And try to believe that maybe more light shines out of those who have the most cracks

~ Archer’s Voice, Mia Sheridan

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“Hit the ground running,” He tells me. Huh? He must see the confusion on my face, because he goes on. “Time passes by you like a bullet,” he says, “and fear gives you the excuses you’re craving to not to do the things you know you should. Don’t doubt yourself, don’t second-guess, don’t let fear hold you back, don’t be lazy, and don’t base your decisions on how happy it will make others. Just go for it, okay?”

-Jordan Hadley and Pike Lawson

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"It annoys me when people try to convince other people that their anger or stress isn't warranted if someone else in the world is worse off than them. It's bullshit. Your emotions and reactions are valid, Merit. Don't let anyone tell you any different. You're the only one who feels them."

-Sagan Kattan // From the book Without Merit

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You're an idealist and a romantic, and you have a beautiful soul. And I wish the world was ready to be the way you see it. I wish the rest of the people on earth with us were capable of living up to your expectations. But they aren't. The world is ugly, and no one wants to give anyone the benefit of the doubt about anything.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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weekly photo dump not so aesthetic!!

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"I loved him as I wanted someone to love me; I loved him not as a man but as a homeland with which I can never break."

Mahmood Darwish

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Because you don't lose someone once. You lose them hearing a song that reminds you of their smile. Passing an old landmark. Laughing at a joke they would've laughed at. You lose them infinitely.

Lancali ., I Fell in Love with Hope

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So many books to read , so many places to visit, and so many assignments to do ;⁠) , exam week is here officially

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You become increasingly comfortable with madness - and not just the madness of others, but your own. We’re all crazy, I believe, just in different ways.

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We often mistake love for fireworks—for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It’s boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm—and constant.

Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient