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“When you let go, it wasn't a rock falling to the ground.
It was a balloon, rising from a child's hand.”
― I Wrote This for You and Only You
It was a balloon, rising from a child's hand.”
― I Wrote This for You and Only You
“But when it's someone who's alive who hurts you, the pain can't be escaped. The things they've touched are still warm because they were just there, the sounds they hear reach your ears too- sometimes their own voice and it's excruciating to bear. I know what he thinks about this, that, or the other thing because I can hear him saying so.
But not to me. He doesn't talk to me anymore.
I want to take it back.”
― The Female of the Species
But not to me. He doesn't talk to me anymore.
I want to take it back.”
― The Female of the Species
“So I had a choice: I could either not do anything for the rest of my life, or I could suck it up and act like it didn't bother me And you know what? If you pretend long enough that it doesn't bother you, pretty soon it actually doesn't.”
― The Female of the Species
― The Female of the Species
“If you can't let go, you can't put your heart back in your chest.”
― I Wrote This for You and Only You
― I Wrote This for You and Only You
“I am on the highest branch.
We are written in paint.
I believe in signs.
The glow of Ultraviolet.
A lake. A prayer. It's so lovely to be lovely in Private.”
― All the Bright Places
We are written in paint.
I believe in signs.
The glow of Ultraviolet.
A lake. A prayer. It's so lovely to be lovely in Private.”
― All the Bright Places
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