My Sister's Wanderlust

Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

“It is terrifying to think that one day you will trust somebody enough to let them see you naked. You will undress and remind them that you’ve stretch marks and birth marks and scars from having chicken pox when you were little and scars from all of the other things now. You will blush thousands of shades of red, painting yourself as a rose losing its petals. And that person - that person will take it all in. And I wonder if they will reassure you. But mostly, I wonder if they will even see anything worth reassuring you about. I hope they see each freckle on your back as if it’s a star and you are the whole universe to them.”

“I admire you for your strength, for your courage to stand up and face the monsters inside of you, for pulling your self back together even when you are at your worst, I admire you because you are your own savior, for asking for help, but most of all, I admire you for being you.”

“I do not have time for things that have no soul.”

you deserve to be with someone who is as sure about you as you are about them

“To be without her? Would be torture. Because I know what its like to find magic in a boring world. Why would I want to go back to that?”

A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke.

“…and I haven’t yet understood how a woman who has loved can die.”