It’s Okay To Feel. It Might Be Messy And Confusing And Rough And Tiring But It’s So Much Worse To

Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro

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if you rest a lot because you are chronically fatigued, that’s okay. if you find it hard to focus or accomplish tasks because you are always tired or always in pain, that’s okay. you are not a bad person for requiring more rest than most. you are not a bad student or bad worker. it is not your fault. you do not deserve the hate you aim at yourself.

Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980

why do i need to come out ? if you still think im straight then that’s on you

the point of relationships of any kind is not for them to last forever. relationships aren’t a “failure” because they ended. it doesn’t mean the love was not enough!!! on the contrary!!!! it means the love was enough for you to know when to let go and set the other person free. it means you’re humble enough to understand when something isn’t working, when it is no longer healthy or functional. there is love in that. there is love in recognizing that the memories will remain and so will the lessons.

Classic lit isn't relatable TO YOU. I have something wrong with me though

in this essay i will—