"We had everything to say to each other, but no ways to say it."- Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via thelovejournals)
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any desire i have ever felt, to be known or understood, has always been eclipsed by an even stronger desire to avoid sharing any information about myself - so as to remain so private, that i am practically unknowable. it is not a fear of being misunderstood, nor is it a compulsion to be unequivocally understood that drives this behaviour.
it is more, a desire to remain detached in such a way that no one suspects my detachment. a desire to appear so immersed and involved, that no one suspects i am only ankle deep. i want to be in this world, but not of this world. i want to appear within, whilst remaining without. it is a desire to maintain an emotional and psychological distance, whilst sitting directly next to someone, close enough to feel their clothes. an urgent desire to remain completely safe, impenetrable and watertight, whilst appearing as though the waves are washing straight over me, and i am simply enjoying the tide.
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"The best revenge is massive success."- Frank Sinatra (via wnq-music)
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"If you cannot find a friend who is good, wise, and loving, walk alone, like a king who has renounced his kingdom, or an elephant roaming at will in the forest."- Buddha (via fyp-philosophy)
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"True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything."- Adyashanti
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"If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: We all want everything to be okay. We don’t even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough."- David Levithan, Every Day
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"I just wanted to tell you that with all your faults I love you. I love or revere very few people. As for the rest, I’m ashamed of my indifference to them. But for those I love, nothing and no one, neither I nor certainly they themselves, can ever make me stop loving them. It took me a long time to learn that; now I know it."- Albert Camus, The First Man (via wordsnquotes)
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"In fact, I have no real friend but you, and when I am in low spirits, I always think of you. I only wish you were here, that we might again talk together about moving to the country."- Vincent van Gogh, “Letter to Theo Van Gogh,” 22 July 1883 (via wordsnquotes)
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"Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding."- Bill Bullard (via wordsnquotes)
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