Scarface (1983)
carmine is as warm and lively as wine. (vincent van gogh)
When I shed my skin
for you, I left intact
my animal heart
the desire to crack bones between delicate teeth.
—Jeannine Hall Gailey, “The Animal Heart: She Warns Him,” from She Returns to the Floating World (via lifeinpoetry)
There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship.
If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
I have learned that when sadness comes to visit me, all I can do is say ‘I see you.’ I spend some time with it, get up, and say goodbye. I don’t push it away, I own it. And because I own it, I let it go.
Sometimes I find myself sitting in one spot for hours, staring at nothing, thinking of nothing, feeling nothing, and most disturbingly, caring about nothing.
—Mahbod Seraji, Rooftops of Tehran
You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn’t know a thing about life.
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?