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She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him was like an obsession, ever pressing itself upon her. It was not that she dwelt upon details of their acquaintance, or recalled in any special or peculiar way his personality; it was his being, his existence, which dominated her thought, fading sometimes as if it would melt into the mist of the forgotten, reviving again with an intensity which filled her with an incomprehensible longing.
– The Awakening by Kate Chopin  (via quote-book)

letsgobananas:

The Mermaid

A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown.

-W.B. Yeats

(Source: weepling)

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
– Lance Armstrong (via kari-shma)

(Source: kari-shma, via quote-book)

She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him was like an obsession, ever pressing itself upon her. It was not that she dwelt upon details of their acquaintance, or recalled in any special or peculiar way his personality; it was his being, his existence, which dominated her thought, fading sometimes as if it would melt into the mist of the forgotten, reviving again with an intensity which filled her with an incomprehensible longing.
– The Awakening by Kate Chopin  (via quote-book)

letsgobananas:

The Mermaid

A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown.

-W.B. Yeats

(Source: weepling)

(Source: sundriedraisins, via weepling)

(via weepling)

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
– Lance Armstrong (via kari-shma)

(Source: kari-shma, via quote-book)

(via vuittonv)

"She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him was like an obsession, ever pressing itself upon her. It was not that she dwelt upon details of their acquaintance, or recalled in any special or peculiar way his personality; it was his being, his existence, which dominated her thought, fading sometimes as if it would melt into the mist of the forgotten, reviving again with an intensity which filled her with an incomprehensible longing."
"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever."

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