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Loam
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Over the years, our aversion to the place had crowded out any remaining nostalgia we’d once carried for our bedrooms,

“Love starts as a feeling,
But to continue is a choice;
And I find myself choosing you
More and more every day.”
― Bending The Universe
But to continue is a choice;
And I find myself choosing you
More and more every day.”
― Bending The Universe

“His mouth was crashing against hers. He tasted like exquisite nightmares and stolen dreams, like the wings of fallen angels, and bottles of fresh moonlight.”
― Legendary
― Legendary
“Sometimes it feels like even if
Every inch of my skin was touching yours
I still wouldn’t be close enough to you.”
― Bending The Universe
Every inch of my skin was touching yours
I still wouldn’t be close enough to you.”
― Bending The Universe

“I do not write about love
as if I have invented it.
I write about love
because thoughts of you
inspire self-forgetfulness.
And because writing about you
gives birth to a star.
These stars sit inside me
where there was once
darkness.”
―
as if I have invented it.
I write about love
because thoughts of you
inspire self-forgetfulness.
And because writing about you
gives birth to a star.
These stars sit inside me
where there was once
darkness.”
―

“Women endure entire lifetimes of these indignities—in the form of catcalls, groping, assault, oppression. These things injure us. They sap our strength. Some of the cuts are so small they’re barely visible. Others are huge and gaping, leaving scars that never heal. Either way, they accumulate. We carry them everywhere, to and from school and work, at home while raising our children, at our places of worship, anytime we try to advance.”
― Becoming
― Becoming

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