Frances

“When I say I’m not looking for love, what I mean is: I don’t like losing the part of myself that disappears when I date other people / I don’t know how to let another person touch me anymore / I’m okay with my body when I’m the only one looking at it / I don’t know enough about healing / I had to step back for a while to get to know myself again but now I don’t know how to step forward / I worry it’s safer to sleep alone / how can I possibly love someone right when I was raised with the worst examples?”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

“you are less alone than you realize. the trick is to open your heart as wide as a butterfly net. stay patient— stay vigilant— & you will find your people.”
― Amanda Lovelace, shine your icy crown

“All the king's horses, all the king's men
Couldn't put me together again
'Cause all of my enemies started out friends
Help me hold onto you”
― Taylor Swift

“And maybe we got lost in translation
Maybe I asked for too much
But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up
Running scared, I was there
I remember it all too well”
― Taylor Swift