welcome to the island of misfit toys

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.

E com uma letra bem pequena, lá estava escrito no seu epitáfio: Tentou ser, não conseguiu; tentou ter, não possuiu; tentou continuar, não prosseguiu; e nessa vida de expectativas frustradas tentou até amar… Pois bem, não conseguiu, e aqui está.

“I think literature is best when it’s voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.”

não permita que o peso da rotina anestesie cada átomo do seu corpo.

It doesn’t make sense to call ourselves ugly, because we don’t really see ourselves. We don’t watch ourselves sleeping in bed, curled up and silent with chests rising and falling with our own rhythm. We don’t see ourselves reading a book, eyes fluttering and glowing. You don’t see yourself looking at someone with love and care inside your heart. There’s no mirror in your way when you’re laughing and smiling and happiness is leaking out of you. You would know exactly how bright and beautiful you are if you saw yourself in the moments where you are truly yourself.