Chelsea Appleget

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. ”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

“it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.”
― Mary Oliver, Red Bird

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden