shattered mirror.

These so-called ‘feelings’ are ruining my reputation as a heartless bitch.

I don’t trust easily, so when I tell you I trust you, please don’t make me regret it.

I never got to say goodbye.

‘You are nothing,’ is simply a phrase said by those who fear all you can be.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.

There are so many good stories in the world. I just want to be one of them.

I want to rest. I want to breathe quietly again.

Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was always just red.

I’m choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I’m making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

How is it you have the right to destroy my life, but I’m not allowed a say in yours?

do not let them use icarus against you. when you speak of dreams that feel a million miles from your reach they will say “don’t burn like he did” but if icarus were here he’d help strap the wings to your back with a smile, and fly by your side.