"Dzisiaj, jak rozumiem, dziewcząt już się nie uczy rękodzieła, to wyszło z mody, ale za moich czasów na szczęście tak nie było. Zawsze warto mieć czymś zajęte ręce. Dzięki temu, gdy ktoś rzuci niestosowną uwagę, można udawać, że się nie słyszało. Wówczas nie trzeba odpowiadać."
–Margaret Atwood "Penelopiada"
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"this started as something completely different, but everything comes back to you, doesn’t it?"
do you remember the first time you were called annoying?
how your breath stopped short in your chest
the way the light drained from your eyes, though you knew your cheeks were ablaze
the way your throat tightened as you tried to form an argument that got lost on your tongue.
your eyes never left the floor that day.
you were 13.
you’re 20 now, and i still see the light fade from your eyes when you talk about your interests for “too long,”
apologies littering every other sentence,
words trailing off a cliff you haven’t jumped from in 7 years.
i could listen to you forever, though i know speaking for more than 3 uninterrupted minutes makes you anxious.
all i want you to know is that you deserve to be heard Read More »
I love sitting in a train. Sure, you can listen to music everywhere but in a train … I don’t know. The way the nature passes and the thoughts begin to flow without even knowing it … it’s something really special. And I love the feeling. Sometimes I think there’s nothing better than sitting in a train and doing nothing but listen to some really good music that breaks your heart.