“i ignore people’s texts not because i don’t like them but because sometimes i feel too drained to make small talk and act fine it’s nothing personal, i promise, i just can’t keep faking this smile right now and i’m fine, really i am, it’s just really fucking hard when i would rather be dead than talk about school or movies or any of that pointless wonderful small talk how do you people fake it all the time? maybe i’m just not strong enough”— unpublished book of assorted poetry #2
“My dear, loving is easy. It has always been the easiest thing in life, to love and to give. So what is the hardest part? It is to be loved in return, to receive all of the things that the universe think you deserve. To be the cup waiting to be filled, rather than to be the pouring water, is the toughest thing, if you ask me.”— Lukas W. // A giver