A Mess of Youthful Innocence.

“Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.”

“He always thinks because I’m reading, I’m not doing anything. There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted.”

“Some days, I laugh too loud. Other days, I fidget too much with my hands. Some days, life feels bearable and love feels like a dream. Most of the days, I am just an empty shell, unaware of my purpose in life. People think that I am great but really, I am just about to break.”

I nearly fucking scrolled past this, but I came back and read it.

"Faggot"

“Do not come near me unless you are prepared for the kind of love that leaves notches on your bones. I have no interest in being your experiment in seduction, your untouched muse, your unfinished business or your bucket list fuck.”

“My strength is defined / not by what I continue to carry / but by what I have allowed myself / to put down.”