Starley Aragon

“Death will be my supreme protest against a world of tears and blood.”
― Albert Camus, Caligula and Three Other Plays

“I shall live here in the rains,
There in winter,
Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool,
Not aware of the nearness of death.”
― Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada

“That was what I wanted: someone who knew me better than I knew myself, someone who knew all the worst parts of me, yet still loved me.”
― L.A. Fiore, Beautifully Damaged

“Because sometimes you see yourself - you see yourself the way you could be - the way you might be if things were different. And if you look too closely, what you see will scare you, it’ll make you wonder what you might do if given the opportunity. You know there is a different side of yourself you don’t want to recognize, a side you don’t want to see in the daylight. You spend your whole life doing everything to push it down and away, out of sight, out of mind. You pretend that a piece of yourself doesn’t exist.
You live like that for a long time.
For a long time, you’re safe.
And then you’re not.”
― Tahereh Mafi