things that hold possible semblance to or something i can relate to, at least.

• “before i die, i want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain i will keep it safe. i will keep it safe.” — andrea gibson, bone burying
• “his hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. it was the best feeling.” ― joseph gordon-levitt, the tiny book of tiny stories, vol. 1
• “i cannot make you understand. i cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. i cannot even explain it to myself.” — franz kafka, the metamorphosis
• “i don’t just want your heart. i want your flesh, your skin and blood and bones, your voice, your thoughts, your pulse and most of all your fingerprints, everywhere.” — isobel thrilling, lover
• “i have this strange feeling that i’m not myself anymore. it’s hard to put into words, but i guess it’s like i was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. that sort of feeling.” — 村上 春樹
• “i hope that someday, somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and that’s all they do. they don’t pull away. they don’t look at your face. they don’t try to kiss you. all they do is wrap you up in their arms, without an ounce of selfishness in it.” — jenna, waitress
• “i read once that the ancient egyptians had fifty words for sand and the eskimos had a hundred words for snow. i wish i had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep and there are no words for that.” ― brian andreas, story people: selected Stories & drawings of brian andreas
• “there’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.” — susan cain, quiet
• “x, n. doesn’t it strike you as strange that we have a letter in our alphabet that nobody uses? it represents one-twenty-sixth of the possibility of our language, and we let it languish. if you and i really, truly wanted to change the world, we’d invent more words that started with x.” — david levithan, lover’s dictionary
• “you cannot convince people to love you. this is an absolute rule. no one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it. real love moves freely in both directions. don’t waste your time on anything else.” — cheryl strayed, tiny beautiful things