May 2013
12 posts
“Stand naked in front of a mirror for a long time, under unflattering light if...”
– Chelsea Fagan, How To Fall In Love With Yourself
Someone’s probably in love with you right now, even though you think you’re boring and stupid and smell bad most of the time, someone probably saw you last week and wiped their sweaty hands on the insides of their pockets and thought about how small your body gets under your clothing and about how you would look asleep in their bed
“How often it is that we turn each other
into metaphors, months into men, this...”
– “For Something I Know Too Well To Name,” Shinji Moon
“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.”
– (via quarter-century-life-crisis)
“Be kind to yourself. Stop telling yourself that whatever you are struggling with...”
– How to keep moving forward, even when your brain hates you.
April 2013
11 posts
“Two Reasons Why I Like Men”
(1) The vulnerability of their legs
in shorts,
(2) The innocence of their bare chests
in August.
—Dorothea Grossman
“You can be happy and you are strong, and you’re still here. We’re all still...”
– Celia, Shedding What Doesn’t Serve You, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQXVfAvvFF0
“All relationships are doomed. If you emotionally undress in front of someone,...”
– Howard, Fresh Meat
“The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours,...”
– Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye
March 2013
15 posts
“Sex is not a goddamn performance. Sex should feel as natural as drinking water....”
“You tried to change didn’t you?
closed your mouth more
tried to be softer...”
– “For Women Who Are Difficult to Love,” Warsan Shire
“I give myself five days to forget you.
on the first day I rust.
on the second...”
– Warsan Shire
“I want to moan and writhe with you and I want to go up to you and kiss your...”
– Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction
February 2013
18 posts
“girl is so good at loving everybody (but herself). girl is so good at hating no...”
– “her. me.” by Warsan Shire
“Wake up every morning and tell yourself that you’re a badass bitch from hell and...”
– Kate Nash’s advice to college students
“As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t....”
– Haruki Murakami
“The first person who saw your face was delighted by you. Isn’t that something?...”
– Azra (5000letters)
“…Why do tears come?
I believe I am happy
and don’t
know what to do with...”
– Derrick Brown, “Joy in Places Without You,” Strange Light
