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When you make someone fall in love with the darkest parts of you, there’s nothing you can do that will scare them away. They will be yours forever because they already love all the fucked up bits and pieces of you.
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“Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“I learn big girls,
even obese ones,
were once seen as
normal,
preferred,
beautiful.
I can't imagine a world so...
safe.
As I flip through the pages,
I start thinking that if I'd lived back then,
it could have been me
in the pictures,
as sculptures,
as art.”
― Starfish
even obese ones,
were once seen as
normal,
preferred,
beautiful.
I can't imagine a world so...
safe.
As I flip through the pages,
I start thinking that if I'd lived back then,
it could have been me
in the pictures,
as sculptures,
as art.”
― Starfish
“I would say, some people are like constellations that only touch the earth for a season.”
― Circe
― Circe
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