love can really save people, and i’m not talking about romantic love. i’m talking about platonic, wholesome, unselfish love that demands nothing in return other than that person’s safety, happiness, and well-being. love for the sake of love. i think this kind of love is wonderful.
When you’re living for the approval of strangers, and that is where you derive all of your joy and fulfillment, one bad thing can cause everything to crumble.
“I recall what you said to me once,” Will went on. “That words have the power to change us. Your words have changed me, Tess; they have made me a better man than I would have been otherwise. Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.” — Will Herondale, “Clockwork Princess”
“But I watch my brothers give their hearts away and I think, Don’t you know better? Hearts are breakable. And I think even when you heal, you’re never what you were before.”
I like surprising myself. I don’t want to do the norm, do what I’m always known to do, write how I like to write. I like to see how other people work and be part of their stuff and see what I can do to be part of their worlds. It’s a pretty big challenge, and that excites me.
happy 33rd birthday brendon urie! ★ april 12th, 1987
