if you’re gonna hit me, hit me ʜᴀʀᴅᴇʀ
cause you better knock me out the 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 time
“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?”— Anthony Trollope (via quotemadness)
You can
die for it—
an idea,
or the world. People
have done so,
brilliantly,
letting
their small bodies be bound
to the stake,
creating
an unforgettable
fury of light. (…)
“I have been defined / by what is taken from me.”— Ailey O'Toole, from “Flight / Fight / Freeze,” published in 8 Poems (via lifeinpoetry)
I do worship ancient hungers
& chins dribbling blood, but I
am so tired of the taste of my heart.— Adrian C. Louis, from “Ghost Road,” published in Willow Springs Magazine
“You are not weak. You are full of spines and wars, scars and fire. You are fighting to carry a heart so heavy even Atlas cannot hold it up. There is all of this quiet, drowning kind of falling apart inside you and yet you are still breathing. You are still here. You are still here.”— astagesetforcatastrophe, you are not weak (via astagesetforcatastrophe)