Lulu [at] Reckless Reading

“i have a history of staying in places i’ve long outgrown. you see, i was always told to stay as small as possible— even if it’s uncomfortable, even if it hurts. from this day forward, i vow to let myself bloom freely— even if others see me as an annoyance, even if they see me as a weed. —wild violet.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns & Fearsome Things

“I have drunken deep of joy,
And I will taste no other wine tonight.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley

“As life runs on, the road grows strange
With faces new, and near the end
The milestones into headstones change,
’Neath every one a friend.”
― James Russell Lowell, Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1: Colonial through Romantic

“If there’s a single lesson that life teaches us, it’s that wishing doesn't make it so. Words and thoughts don’t change anything. Language and reality are kept strictly apart — reality is tough, unyielding stuff, and it doesn't care what you think or feel or say about it. Or it shouldn't. You deal with it, and you get on with your life.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians