May 2013
60 posts
Apparently you can’t have problems if you’re not a starving African child.
How fragile we are, between the few good moments.
– Jane Hirshfield, from “Vinegar and Oil” (via weissewiese)
the shipfitter's wife: THINGS THAT WILL OUTLIVE ME →
sierrademulder:
Bowhead whales, who look like giant skipping stones in the palm of a child, whose newborns are fifteen feet long. The tortoise, who has watched four generations leave and sometimes return from war. Turritopsis nutricula or the “immortal jellyfish” who, if not…
I like people you can have comfortable silences with
thepensivebrony:
“you shouldn’t be depressed, people have it worse than you”
finally, after years of searching, the person with the worst life ever is found. formally, they are granted permission to be sad. but only them. only they have earned it. no sads for anyone else at all ever
Everyone who terrifies you is sixty-five percent water. And everyone you love is...
– Finn Butler (via electric-wish)
adventuresonpaper:
I’ll come back for you i whisper as i caress the books i can’t afford
the shipfitter's wife: A SPECIAL KIND OF HEARTACHE →
fleurishes:
Stay busy. Good thoughts. Good karma. Go running, go shopping, go out with friends, splurge on a pair of shoes you’ll only wear once. Feed your dog, your cat, your pet fish. You are okay, you are okay, you are okay. Go to bars and let a boy buy you a drink. Let him whisper dirty …
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also...
– C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (via sinolia)
tetsuroishigaki:
tetsuroishigaki:
According to the Law of Conservation of Mass, matter can neither be created nor destroyed. This means that all atoms are recycled over time. Which in turn means that our own atoms are ancient as well. One’s skin could have carbon in it from a meteorite or from a trilobite thousands of years old, and your blood could contain hydrogen from earth’s original...
I can
almost understand
why
people
leap
from
bridges.
– Charles Bukowski (via inmilkwood)
I wish to cry. Yet, I laugh, and my lipstick leaves a red stain like a bloody...
– Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals (via perfect)
carry-on-my-consulting-tardis:
I have two moods
One is highly sophisticated intellectual who goes into complex thoughts and is always moody and deep
the other is an immature 5 year old that doesn’t know how to control herself or her language or her actions
there is no inbetween
what doesn’t kill you
leaves scars
ruins your lungs
dries out all your tears...
– c.c. (via debilitating)
debilitating:
I’M NOT SAYING GRADES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OR THAT A B IS A BAD GRADE BECAUSE IT’S NOT I JUST HAVE REALLY HIGH STANDARDS FOR MYSELF ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL I’M SORRY
I wonder if you know yet that you’ll leave me. That you
are a child playing...
– Clementine von Radics (via mermaidsongs)
sobbing →
heygloria:
nothing hurts more than being ignored by cats on the street
Bad night. Really bad night.
I’m such a fucking idiot. I’m just sitting here and I’m doing everything I said I wouldn’t do and I’m just a fucking idiot.
If I’m a sarcastic asshole when I talk to you its either because I really like you and feel comfortable teasing you
Or I really hate you and don’t care if you know it
Good luck figuring out which one
fuckheaded:
Clearly she wears those short skirts and skimpy tank tops because she wants the d. and by d I mean vitamin d. she wants to soak up as much sun as she can. because revealing clothes are not an invitation for sex u prick
debilitating:
never let a cute boy share music with you because it will ruin ur life