Had I folded like a piece of paper in an origami tournament? Yes. But I did so with dignity, and my head held high.
“remember,
you were a writer
before
you ever
put
pen to paper.
just because you were not writing
externally.
does not mean you were not writing
internally.”
―
you were a writer
before
you ever
put
pen to paper.
just because you were not writing
externally.
does not mean you were not writing
internally.”
―
“if we must
both
be right.
we will
lose
each other.”
―
both
be right.
we will
lose
each other.”
―
“when you meet that person. a person. one of your soulmates. let the connection. relationship. be what it is. it may be five mins. five hours. five days. five months. five years. a lifetime. five lifetimes. let it manifest itself the way it is meant to. it has an organic destiny. this way if it stays or if it leaves, you will be softer. from having been loved this authentically. souls come into. return. open. and sweep through your life for a myriad of reasons. let them be who. and what they are meant.”
―
―
“there have been so many times
i have seen a man wanting to weep
but
instead
beat his heart until it was unconscious.”
―
i have seen a man wanting to weep
but
instead
beat his heart until it was unconscious.”
―
“you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
―
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
―
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