Famous Last Words

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I remember your collarbone, forming the tiniest
satellite dish in the universe, your smile
as the place where parallel lines inevitably crossed.

I remember your eyes: fifty attack dogs on a single leash,
how I once held the soft audience of your hand.

I’ve been ignored by prettier women than you,
but none who carried the heavy pitchers of silence
so far, without spilling a drop.

— Jeffrey McDaniel, “Letter to the Woman Who Stopped Writing Me Back” (via larmoyante)

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I’m smart but not enough—just smart enough to have problems.

— Ned Vizzini, It’s Kind of a Funny Story (via larmoyante)

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I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

— Charles Dickens, Great Expectations (via larmoyante)

Wisdom’s daughter walks alone,
The Mark of Athena burns through Rome.

Di ko papatulan ang pagiging bitter mo. Para kang bata.

Che .. che .. che ..

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My advice to writers, I suppose, is write your novel when you feel like shit; edit when you feel great.

— Caleb J. Ross, Stranger Will (via larmoyante)

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Ang magmahal ng iba’y di ko gagawin. :)

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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.

— Toni Morrison (via larmoyante)

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