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“[He would not stay for me, and who can wonder?
He would not stay for me to stand and gaze.]
I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder,
And went with half my life about my ways.”

—A. E. Housman, from “He would not stay for me…” (via the-final-sentence)

(Source: aubade, via the-final-sentence)

“when we can’t dream any longer we die so when things go wrong, don’t go with them.”

—quotes mashup: emma goldman meets elvis presley

“i feel my life is so scattered right now. like it’s all these small pieces of paper and someone’s turned on the fan. but talking to you makes me feel like the fan’s been turned off for a little bit. like things could actually make sense. you completely unscatter me, and i appreciate that so much.”

—john green & david levithan, ‘will grayson, will grayson’

“You always look so cool, like no matter what happens, it’s got nothing to do with you, but you’re not really like that. In your own way, you’re out there fighting as hard as you can, even if other people can’t tell by looking at you.”

—Haruki Murakami, ‘The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle’