#quoste

I'm really finding that I'm willing to put up with less and less in a relationship and also that it's not a bad thing either. Why is dying alone worse than ending up with someone who you don't actually like all that much? Fuck it. Be picky.

And then I explain to him how naïve we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities are irrelevant. Wherever men and women are prosecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must–at that moment–become the center of the universe. — Night by Elie Wiesel

Stars in the sky, stars on the ground. It’s hard to tell where the sky ends and the earth begins. I feel the need to say something grand and poetic, but the only thing I come up with is “It’s lovely. — All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven