Jane Austen Was Really Out There 200 Years Ago Writing Lines Like “If I Loved You Less, I Might Be

the inherent romanticism of being thought of.

There are men out there who will woo you. Men who will kiss you senseless on a Tuesday afternoon because they thought your eyes looked extra beautiful. Men who will provide for you and build a future while holding your hand.

Wait for that kind of man. He’s worth it.

Me: this is hamletcore

My therapist: we actually call it clinical depression

i wish i had a window seat with lots of pillows that i could sit in and drink tea and read books in and watch the rain in

All day long there has haunted me

A spectre out of my lost youth-land.

Because I happened last night to see

A woman's beautiful snow-white hand

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

‘A Room with a View’ by E. M. Forster (published in 1908)

give me the old-school love. write me letters. leave me random notes. kiss my hands. slow dance with me. write a poem. lie down with me on the grass. read to me.

RIP to the opportunities we missed because of shyness and low self esteem.

“One day it just clicks… You realise what is important and what isn’t, you learn to care less about what other people think of you and care more about what you think of yourself. You realise how far you have come and you remember thinking that things were such a mess they’d never recover and then you smile. You smile because you’re truly proud of the person you have fought to become.”

— Unknown