if my child version had seen that I was going to work and study more than 12 hours a day, she would never have wanted to grow up.
“The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.”
Albert Camus
Just once, I want something I can keep close enough to feel like it truly belongs to me.
Toska
“Summer ended without a single one of its promises being fulfilled.”
I had so many plans for this summer, and yet…
When everyone thought you ignored them and disappeared, but in reality you were quietly fighting the hardest battle of your life and no one even noticed.
How lost it feels when I see people my age doing great things while I’m still stuck trying to figure out what’s going on with my life.
“I don’t want to be seen. I want to be felt. There’s a difference.”
Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist