Sometimes it’s not the people who change, it’s the mask that falls off.
— Haruki Murakami
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
alright so who wants to fall in love with me
this is unbelievable I have to do everything myself
Don’t just learn, experience. Don’t just read, absorb. Don’t just change, transform. Don’t just relate, advocate. Don’t just promise, prove. Don’t just criticize, encourage. Don’t just think, ponder. Don’t just take, give. Don’t just see, feel. Don’t just dream, do. Don’t just hear, listen. Don’t just talk, act. Don’t just tell, show. Don’t just exist, live.
— Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“maybe you don’t really love me, and you’re just infatuated” you joke as your eyes dart from my gaze. i’ve memorized and catalogued all of your facial expressions like a collection of vinyls— countless symphonies that must be protected if they are to play as they should. i know this look, too— the look of doubt glimmering behind your heavy eyelids, the questions you don’t ask, the answer you’re hoping for. i laugh, studying every part of you i was once infatuated with— the mole on the left side of your nose, the thick black eyelashes that frame the ocean of your gaze like the most beautiful shore. “you really believe that?” i ask lightly. “maybe,” you say, still avoiding my eyes.
so here’s my answer to you, the girl i love:
there is a theory that everyone’s heart is wrapped with red string, and connected across miles to the one we love. and when the time is right, the strings of our hearts pull us together. to the girl on the other side of my red string: i love you because when i kiss you we become one body. i love the person we create when we are vulnerable together, all string and fingers and breath. i love you because i never loved the ocean until you told me you’d swim in it for hours straight, letting the waves carry you into a place away from your own mind. i love you because you give money and food and kindness every time you see someone in need. and not to look like a good person, but because you genuinely wish the world for everyone. i love you because you always say good morning and offer to make my breakfast even if your nightmares kept you from sleeping the night before. i love you because you kiss me as if i am air and you are earth, molecules helplessly tied together by science or magic or both. i love you because you always listen to me, even if i am screaming or crying or rambling out of my mind. i love you because you feel everything with your whole body— all you know is the sea so you can only drown in your emotions. i love you because you are always strong enough to paddle to shore. i love you because you can’t eat mcdonald’s without getting sick and i love you because i can’t kiss you without smiling and i love you i love you i love you for every reason and for none at all. and i’ll love you when you’re so sad you can’t move, i’ll love you when you can’t stop screaming and i’ll love you when you do. i’ll love you when your mind is too loud to hear the sound of my voice and i’ll love you when we make mistakes no one thinks we’ll be able to come back from. i’ll love you when you rise and fall and tangle in my fingertips. to the girl on the other end of my string: i’ll wrap my heart around the earth again and again and again if that’s what it takes to love you.
— ap (4.20) why i love you
judacraz asked: Signs as egyptian gods.
Aries- Apophis, the god of war and Horus, god of war, sky, and falcons.
Taurus- Geb, god of earth and Hathor, goddess of love
Gemini- Nut, goddess of sky and stars and Seshat, goddess of writing and measurements
Cancer- Isis, goddess of magic, healing, marriage, and motherhood, and Bast, protector of pregnant women and children and Khonsu, god of the moon.
Leo- Sehkmet, goddess of lions, fire, and vengeance, and Ra, god of the sun, and Menhit, minor lion goddess.
Virgo- Kebechet, goddess of purification and Wadjet, goddess of protection.
Libra- Ma’at, goddess of justice, truth, and order and Mafdet god of justice.
Scorpio- Osiris, god of the underworld and afterlife and Serqet, goddess of scorpions
Sagittarius- Thoth, god of wisdom and scribes and Anput, goddess of the desert and a region of Egypt.
Capricorn- Anubis, god of dead, embalming, funerals, and mourning ceremonies, the Jackal god and Bes, god of Pregnant woman, newborn babies, family, and known to protect from snake and scorpion bites
Aquarius- Seth, god of chaos and storms and Shu, god of wind and air.
Pisces- Tefnut, goddess of water and fertility and Tawaret, another fertility goddess and Hapi, god of the Nile.
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Capricorn Woman
Layers:
If you think you have the quiet, reserved Capricorn girl in the corner figured out, think again. The key to understanding her is to know that the way she appears to be is carefully presented to you. One of the most important things to know about a Capricorn…
- “Lately it’s been great between us. You look at me and your eyes look brand new. I look at you and butterflies fly up to my heart. Lately it’s been great between us. But to be honest we’ll probably go spiraling back into that back and forth cycle of shattering each other’s heart. What’s the point of the great times, if they just die like us?”
— Alexa Evangelista, the book i’ll never finish writing
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