If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
― Edward Hopper
3. On the mornings I do not feel pretty,
while he is still asleep,
I sit on the floor and check the pockets of his skinny jeans for motive,
for a punchline,
for other girls’ phone numbers.
while he is still asleep,
I sit on the floor and check the pockets of his skinny jeans for motive,
for a punchline,
for other girls’ phone numbers.
― Rachel Wiley - “10 Honest Thoughts On Being Loved By A Skinny Boy”
I loved you head over handles
like my first bicycle accident—
before the mouthful of gravel and blood,
I swore we were flying.
like my first bicycle accident—
before the mouthful of gravel and blood,
I swore we were flying.
― Sierra DeMulder
I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Betty Smith (via cirea)
Let’s not look directly at what
is meant to be loved in secret. Let’s, for example,
imagine the sea is always, constantly, and forever
spilling toward us, that our screaming building is
something worth escaping.
is meant to be loved in secret. Let’s, for example,
imagine the sea is always, constantly, and forever
spilling toward us, that our screaming building is
something worth escaping.
― Zachary Schomburg, excerpt from Building of Unseen Cats (via theoryoflostthings)
We think we understand the rules when we become adults, but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.
― David Lynch
