Bethany

“fit in here, in my palm, in my shadow, don’t be bigger than my idea of you, don’t be more beautiful than i can accept, don’t be more human than i am willing to allow you to be and be quiet, you’re too loud, even your un-belonging is loud. quiet your dreams, your voice, your hair, quiet your skin, quiet your displacement, quiet your longing, your colour, quiet your walk, your eyes. who said you could look at me like that? who said you could exist without permission? why are you even here? why aren’t you shrinking? i think of you often. you vibrate. you walk into a room and the temperature changes. i lean in and almost recognise you as human. but, no. we can’t have that.”
― Warsan Shire

“It would be that time--late at night-- when your ears reach out for any sound. When you can see more with your eyes closed than open.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“Just for the record, the weather today is increasing turmoil with a possible physical and emotional breakdown.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary