Nathea

“Depression is also smaller than you. Always, it is smaller than you, even when it feels vast. It operates within you, you do not operate within it. It may be a dark cloud passing across the sky but - if that is the metaphor - you are the sky. You were there before it. And the cloud can't exist without the sky, but the sky can exist without the cloud.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

“death   wound   itself   around   her   bones   like   a   piece   of   red   ribbon.  ”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One

“i'm sorry
if i
wasn't
the daughter
you had
in mind
-i only ever wanted to make you proud-”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

“write the story.
push your hands into the dirtiest parts of yourself.
take the rot & decay & turn it into nourishment & life.
water it & sing to it & show it sunlight.
grow a beautiful garden from your aching & teach yourself how to thrive from it.
write your story.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One