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we write characters to overcome the things that we cannot.
to show us a way that it is possible to succeed.

we write characters to weep for us when we cannot
in a strange vicarious catharsis of the soul.

we write characters to travel the world and search for meaning
because we trap ourselves in responsibilities and the finite limits of this world.

we write characters to listen to our inner thoughts
which would be madness seething in anyone else's ears.

we write because it expands who we might be. to explore the boundaries of who we are as people, as individuals, as friends and lovers or heroines.

we write because we can.

realization

many times i fear the people that i admire.

an aside

how i know someone knows me:

them: tell me your thoughts
me: ?? on what
them: anything. karen thoughts.
me: lol

Courage

Courage is facing what you want to face least. It's going, instead of avoiding. It's owning up. It's not letting yourself take the easy way out. It's because this is the right path, the right thing to do, even if it makes you dread. Even if there's a pit in your stomach and an ache in your throat and nightmares in your dreams.

Courage is going.

post-exam

- Discovered a beautiful little crepe store with a quasi-friend
- Went to a concert and got within two rows of the front
- Finished off the last batches of my cooking
- Ignored my incredibly messy room in favor of a post exam nap
- Responded to people
- Read a book. Er. books.

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There is truth and there are half-truths.
There are lies and there are lies by omission.

A blog is a filtered snapshot of one's life.

If I were braver....

I will feel braver tomorrow, I think. 
 

^^

YOU ARE LOVED

Believe it <3

This seems to be my mood lately:

"The Weight of Living, Part I" by Bastille.

Here are some of the lyrics:


There's an albatross around your neck,
 All the things you've said,
and the things you've done,
Can you carry it with no regrets,
Can you  stand the person you've become,
Ooh there's a light [x2]

[Chorus]
Your Albatross, let it go, let it go,
Your Albatross shoot it down, shoot it down
When you can't shake 
The heavy weight of living