“Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it.”
— James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone (via soracities)
when e.e. cummings said “i’ll live my life if it kills me”
when andrea gibson said “i suppose i love this life, in spite of my clenched fist.” & when ellen bass said “to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it”
and when tumblr user girlnumbersix said “resilience is not sustainable we are not supposed to endure life we are supposed to live it”
i know kindness exists because i am kind
"people aren't good"
i am people. i am good
you are wrong
if you are capable of it then so are others
be your own proof of concept