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"okay guys this is the next book ill be actively reading believe it believe it (i owe a review on it...)" — Jun 01, 2026 08:11AM
"okay guys this is the next book ill be actively reading believe it believe it (i owe a review on it...)" — Jun 01, 2026 08:11AM
“Life is short and the world is at least half terrible, and for every kind stranger, there is one who would break you, though I keep this from my children. I am trying to sell them the world. Any decent realtor, walking you through a real shithole, chirps on about good bones: This place could be beautiful, right? You could make this place beautiful.”
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
― You Could Make This Place Beautiful
“I have emerged
from this shrinking heaven half-drowned & with a heart molding
at the edges & speaking of the heart, I love most what it is until it decides
it isn’t. first a weapon & then not. first a mirror, wherein you see yourself briefly
whole & next to someone else who is briefly whole & then not. I am talking about the end
of love—how the door closes one night & never re-opens.
I Tend to Think Forgiveness Looks the Way It Does in the Movies ”
―
from this shrinking heaven half-drowned & with a heart molding
at the edges & speaking of the heart, I love most what it is until it decides
it isn’t. first a weapon & then not. first a mirror, wherein you see yourself briefly
whole & next to someone else who is briefly whole & then not. I am talking about the end
of love—how the door closes one night & never re-opens.
I Tend to Think Forgiveness Looks the Way It Does in the Movies ”
―
“Love at first anxiety attack”
― I Wish You All the Best
― I Wish You All the Best
“It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.”
― The Summer I Turned Pretty
― The Summer I Turned Pretty
“Why is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it shouldn't be this big awkward thing whether you're straight, gay, bi, or whatever. I'm just saying.”
― Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
― Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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