you are what you love, not who loves you

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at christmas,

you gave me a jar

filled with

all the things you love about me

one month later

none of it mattered

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wordsthat-speak:

For anyone who has been taught that good equals small and silent, here is my heart with all its ugly tangles and splendid fury.

-Genuine Fraud dedication (E. Lockhart)

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“Everyone says your first love hurts the most,” she said. “But they must not have fallen in love a second time.”

I looked at her, so broken and cold. She was fiddling with the dirt under her nails just to keep her hands busy. “Why do you say that?”

She shuddered a little and tried to bring her jacket closer around her body. “You have your guard up the second time. It’s not so easy to let someone in,” she explained. “But eventually you do. And no matter what lessons you thought you learned from the first time, they all fade away when he looks at you and says he would never hurt you.” She met my eyes for a split second before looking up at the stars. I could see tears pooling in them, and her blue eyes resembled a roaring ocean. “But he will. He did. And then, you’re left all alone again, with even more scar tissue than you had to begin with.”

excerpt from an unfinished book #147 // The first cut isn’t always the deepest (via wherewritersblockcomestodie)

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Beautiful words I have come across in my writing~

therepublicofletters:

Amaranthine - immortal or unfading beauty, especially that of a flower

Ambrosia - the food of the gods; something very pleasing to taste or smell

Anachronism - something that belongs to an era other than that in which it exists

Brimming - full the point of overflowing

Cortège - a solemn procession; an entourage

Cynosure - a person or thing that is at the center of attention, especially because of their brilliance

Eloquence - the act or practice of speaking with fluency and aptness

Erudition - the quality of demonstrating great learning or scholarship

Glacé - having a glossy surface due to preservation in sugar

Lithe - thin, supple, or graceful, especially of a person’s body

Opulence - great wealth or luxuriousness

Prosaic - lacking poetic beauty