“I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”

-Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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love poem 2002
by "Tennessee" Mary Fons

this poem is for the pillow clutchers/for those looking into the imaginary eyes of the person who fills their mind with sugarplum smiles/for those who have a cannon of dreams ready and waiting to blossom/for the men and the women who want to be understood in that way that only someone who kisses you can ( Read more... )

It was one of those pure feelings which do not interfere with everyday life and are cultivated because they are rare; the pain of losing them would be greater than the happiness of possessing them.

-- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
This day was one for honesty all around. I'm not sad. Maybe melancholy would be more accurate. Although they're ( Read more... )