“Life can be long or short, it is impossible to know, but every once in a while an entire life is spent in one night, the night when the windows are open and you can hear the last of the crickets’ call, when there is a chill in the air and the stars are bright, when nothing else matters, when a single kiss lasts longer than a lifetime, when you do not think about the future or the past, or whether or not you are walking through a dream rather than the real world, when everything you have always wanted and everything you are fated to mourn forever are tied together with black thread and then sewn with your own hand, when in the morning, as you wake and see the mountain in the distance, you will understand that whether or not you’ve made a mistake, whether or not you will lose all that you have, this is what it means to be human.”
― The Invisible Hour
― The Invisible Hour
“Forgiving others could be difficult, but forgiving yourself can sometimes feel impossible.”
― In the Lives of Puppets
― In the Lives of Puppets
“I won't be okay, but I will be better”
― Hell Followed With Us
― Hell Followed With Us
“You will always struggle with not feeling productive until you accept that your own joy can be something you produce. It is not the only thing you will make, nor should it be, but it is something valuable and beautiful.”
― A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
― A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
“You were made to bring happiness. You are alive in ways we are not. You are soft and fragile. But you are complex and disturbing and sometimes foolishly brilliant.”
― In the Lives of Puppets
― In the Lives of Puppets
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