Between These Lungs

Consciousness and its limbs

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— 17 June
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"Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us."

— Pablo Neruda (via middlenameconfused)

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17 June
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Some people are easier to love from far away

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— 17 June
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(Source: wolf-teeth)

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— 16 June
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"You are so good. So good, you’re always feeling so much. And sometimes it feels like you’re gonna bust wide open from all the feeling, don’t it? People like you are the best in the world, but you sure do suffer for it."

— Silas House, This is My Heart for You (via fromonesurvivortoanother)

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— 15 June
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"They tell us the people we love are 72.8% water-
there is no such thing as crying,
we are only trying to turn ourselves inside out.
This is a noble pursuit"

— Lewis Mundt, excerpt from “Water” (via pigmenting)

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— 14 June
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humansofnewyork:

I asked his favorite thing about his son, and he replied: “That he’s very loving.” Hearing this, the boy asked:
“What about basketball?”
The dad answered: “I like that you’re good at basketball. But my favorite thing is that you’re very loving.”

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14 June
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How to make room for selfishness in a philosophy of tenderness: Ellen’s current chapter of self-examination.

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13 June
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Warsan Shire, cutting me open and giving me life at the same time.

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— 13 June
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"I’m a lover without a lover.
I’m lovely and lonely.
I belong deeply to myself."

— From Excuses For Why We Failed At Love by Warsan Shire (via afineoldconflict)

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"The only darkness we should allow into our lives is the night, and even then, we have the moon."

— Warsan Shire (via rabbitinthemoon)