“I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time.”— Charles Bukowski
like i wanna fake my death and start all over in a different country please
“It takes a strong person to do their own thing and not wait for anybody else to validate their existence.”—
“‘Life is fleeting, you know, and so is everything in it. Do not make things worse with useless worries.’”—
Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部, The Tale of Genji (源氏物語 Genji monogatari)
Chapter 47 “Trefoil Knots” (総角 Agemaki), translated by Edward Seidensticker
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if you’re really struggling, i hope you know that it’s enough. it’s enough to get out of bed, to breathe, and try to get through the day.
“If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to others then you deserve a love deeper than the ocean itself.”— Nikita Gill
