journal excerpt, july first

in the absence of everything, i promise to keep you warm, flatsound c. 2015

“I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country. I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent.” —Taylor Swift

Searching for a boy in high school is as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie.

The same eyes in different people.

— Gustave Flaubert, from Madame Bovary (via poetic–rose)

t h e   d a r k   s i d e

and i am burdened with glorious purpose

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