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“How sweet. That rain. How something that lives only to fall can be nothing but sweet.”
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
“The most beautiful part of your body
is where it’s headed. & remember,
loneliness is still time spent
with the world.”
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is where it’s headed. & remember,
loneliness is still time spent
with the world.”
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“We try to preserve life, even when we know it has no chance of enduring its body. We feed it, keep it comfortable, bathe it, medicate it, caress it, even sing to it. We tend to these basic functions not because we are brave or selfless but because, like breath, it is the most fundamental act of our species: to sustain the body until time leaves it behind.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Some nights you are the lighthouse / some nights the sea / what this means is that I don't know / desire other than the need / to be shattered & rebuilt”
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
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