#kin

You go to work the next day pretending nothing happened. Your co-workers ask if everything's okay and you tell them you're just tired. And you're trying to smile. And they're trying to smile. ↗

— Richard Siken

#breaking-up

Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up! ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#breaking-up

Why don’t we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And that’s not an easy thing to do. ↗

— John Green

#breaking-up

And then we jerked to a stop. Jared was blocking the exit. "Have you lost your mind, Ian?" he asked, shocked and outraged. "What are you doing to her?" "Did you know about this?" Ian shouted back, shoving me toward Jared and shaking me at him. "You're going to hurt her!" "Do you know what she's planning?" Ian roared. Jared stared at Ian, his face suddenly closed off. He didn't answer. That was answer enough for Ian. Ian's fist struck Jared so fast that I missed the blow - I just felt the lurch in his body and saw Jared reel back into the dark hall. "Ian, stop," I begged. "You stop," he growled back at me. He yanked me through the arch into the tunnel, then pulled me north. I had to almost run to keep up with his longer stride. "O´Shea!" Jared shouted after us. "I'm going to hurt her?" Ian roared back over his shoulder, not breaking pace. "I am? You hypocritical swine!" There was nothing but silence and blackness behind us now. I stumbled in the dark, trying to keep up. He jerked me along faster, and my breath caught in a moan, almost like a cry of pain. The sound made Ian stumble to a stop. His breathing was hoarse in the darkness. "Ian, Ian, I..." I chocked, unable to finish. I didn't know what to say, picturing his furious face. His arms caught me abruptly, yanking my feet out from under me and then catching my shoulders before I could fall. He started running forward again, carrying me now. His hands were not rough and angry like before; he cradled me against his chest. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#jared #wanda #wanderer #breaking-up

The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help. They ignore the reality that a new version of the same old problem will be waiting at the end of the trip- the relative you cringe to kiss. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#thought-provoking

We don't always get the journey we want. But we always get the journey we need. ↗

— Alyson Noel

#thought-provoking #thought-provoking

I wondered if all a person could hope for was illusion and luck, for I was forced to conclude that the world was fundamentally and appallingly dangerous. It is a lesson I will never forget. ↗

— Charlotte Rogan

#thought-provoking

Sometimes I wonder if any of us are cut out for the lives we lead. ↗

— Rebecca Wells

#thought-provoking

She said, "Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don't need?" I said, "It depends on what it means to need. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#thought-provoking

This is how everything should end: with the forgotten remembered, the wounded healed, and the sinners forgiven. ↗

— Jenny Hollowell

#thought-provoking