February 2012
37 posts
“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither...”
– The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera (via bookwormlily)
“The relationship of a girl and her favorite novel can be complex indeed.”
– Andrea Cremer (via amandaonwriting)
“don’t date a literate girl”
Bonsai, Edith Tiempo.
presidents:
All that I love I fold over once And once again And keep in a box Or a slit in a hollow post Or in my shoe.
All that I love? Why, yes, but for the moment- And for all time, both. Something that folds and keeps easy, Son’s note or Dad’s one gaudy tie, A roto picture of a queen, A blue Indian shawl, even A money bill.
It’s utter sublimation, A feat, this heart’s control Moment to...
January 2012
86 posts
Being friends with your ex.
elixir-of-life:
To me, if an ex is able to stay friends with you after a breakup, it tells you that when you guys were together, they actually liked you for you, and that being with you was just a way to get to know you better. They’re a keeper if they can look past the awkwardness of the fact you guys had a thing, and be friends just like before.
