“Writing, for me, has always been about grief and loss and sacrifice. It was about sorting through things. It was making sense of things. And I always felt like devoting myself to it made those things manifest in my life. The times when I was most prolific were also times of extreme grief…” talesfrommidair - "Operation Favorite Me" ✪

“Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself.” Friedrich Nietzsche, "Also sprach Zarathustra" ✪

“You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering, that’s the sad truth. Maybe they’ll break your heart, maybe you’ll break their heart and never be able to look at yourself in the same way. Those are the risks. That’s the burden.” Dr. Brennan - "Bones" ✪