the accelerated exactitude of terminal velocitude

It is said that people are afraid of heights because they secretly fear they might jump. This is the feeling I get when i think of psychiatric hospitals.

Megan Stack

Every Man in this Village is a Liar

“Maybe that’s your problem, Dad. You see it as winning her back. There’s no winning in this game. You’re not some white knight on a steed. She’s not some fairytale princess. She’s just as fucked up as you are. And just as incredible.”

Becca

Californication 

“How fragile we are, between the few good moments.”

Jane Hirshfield Vinegar and Oil

“You can’t find intimacy—you can’t find home—when you’re always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and misunderstood.”

Junot Díaz