Books read, 5/28-6/3:

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chboski
• The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

total (so far): 11

"Come quickly, I am tasting the stars."

- Dom Pérignon (via letsalwaysgolightly)

(Source: queenofteacups)

"Why is the word yes so brief?
It should be
the longest,
the hardest,
so that you could not decide in an instant to say it,
so that upon reflection you could stop
in the middle of saying it."

- Vera Pavlova, from “If There Is Something to Desire” (via proustitute)

"And darling, you should know that I have fantasies about being alone. It’s like love is a lesson, that I can’t learn. I make the same mistakes at each familiar turn."

- Death Cab For Cutie (via berrynice)

(Source: quote-book)

Anonymous asked - "Dear past me,"

Dear little Margery (huddled under the covers),

Shush, little darling. Don’t cry anymore, don’t think those horrible thoughts. Time moves on, and scars take too long to heal. Too long for little arms and small hearts to fully understand. Years from now you’ll be glad that you weren’t brave enough to kill yourself. You have so much to look forward to, trust me.

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Dear middle school Margery,

Despite what you think, you don’t know anything. Be humble. Stop being so loud, that lion-heart doesn’t suit you. Be soft and be kind. The friends that you make now will last for a very long time.

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Dear high-school Margery,

Don’t take things for granted, please. Don’t let the long, bleary eyed nights make you hard to your soft wonder.

Please give Snickers a kiss for me. I miss him.

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Dear past Margery,

Don’t be afraid of what lies ahead. That’s the easiest part. 

Books read, 5/14-5/20:

• Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
• Sweet, Far Thing by Libba Bray
• Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ranson Riggs
• The Great Perhaps by Joe Meno
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
• The Maze Runner by James Dashner
• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

total: 8

"Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me, so I knew what Augustus was doing. You clench your teeth. You look up. You tell yourself that if they see you cry, it will hurt them, and you will be nothing but a sadness in their lives, and you must not become a mere sadness, so you will not cry, and you say all of this to yourself while looking up at the ceiling, and then you swallow even though your throat does not want to close and you look at the person who loves you and smile."

- John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via larmoyante)