“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Continue reading “In This Way Only”Author: athlynne
"From mirror after mirror,
No vanity's displayed.
I'm looking for the face I had
Before the world was made."
- W.B. Yeats
The Substance of Things Hoped For
The most wonderful time of the year draws close again, and I meet it with a feeling and mindset quite unlike I can ever remember having before.
Continue reading “The Substance of Things Hoped For”I Don’t Trust Joy, and Other Things Depressed People Say
So, a lot has happened…
Continue reading “I Don’t Trust Joy, and Other Things Depressed People Say”The Freedom to Choose
We’ve forgotten the wisdom of Jason Mewes in Dogma: “A woman’s body’s her own fucking business.”
Continue reading “The Freedom to Choose”Every Path Led Me to You
It was more than a poetic expression of love, Before. It was truly how I felt about him.
Continue reading “Every Path Led Me to You”Teach Us to Care, and Not to Care. Teach Us to Sit Still.
“Then humans will die. Let there be an end to them.”
Continue reading “Teach Us to Care, and Not to Care. Teach Us to Sit Still.”Man Came Alive and the Clock Struck Five
Why do I always seem to be in the hospital in August?
Continue reading “Man Came Alive and the Clock Struck Five”Around the Corner There May Wait…
“We’re immortal,” my sister texted me a couple weeks ago, our new joke since getting vaccinated together.
Continue reading “Around the Corner There May Wait…”I’ve Imagined Death So Much It Feels Like A Memory
I think it’s finally started to hit me.
Continue reading “I’ve Imagined Death So Much It Feels Like A Memory”I Am What Survives in Me
I keep thinking I’ll grow past birthday woes…
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