— Anne Sexton, Imitations of Drowning
-Emily Brontë, from “Wuthering Heights”
Wrapped in what may seem like normalcy, I carry a storm within. A whirlwind of intense emotions silently battles the composure I show. It's a poignant illustration of how the quietest exteriors can mask the fiercest storms.
-Oscar wilde. //The Importance of Being Earnest//
-"Gardening with the Son I Will Never Have", Ocean Vuong, Burnings
Hearts are breakable, and I think even when you heal, you're never what you were before.
12 January. I am traumatized by life.
— Sylvia Plath, "The Bell Jar"
And their are the cold nights where I miss you a little more, my inside crumbles and the heart cries.