I gotta show some love for my boys but I also gotta be emo so this happened
Seungcheol (S.Coups)
“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won’t tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn’t change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact that you have what you have.”
Jeonghan
“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don’t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me.”
Joshua
“I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.”
Jun
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”
Soonyoung (Hoshi)
“Standing on the fringes of life… offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.”
Wonwoo
“It’s strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
Jihoon (Woozi)
“And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean. I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. I bet if I wrote one of them, I would be very proud. I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. I hope they feel it’s enough. I really do because they’ve made me happy. And I’m only one person.”
Seokmin (DK)
“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
Mingyu
“We didn’t talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough”
Minghao (The8)
“And all the books you’ve read have been read by other people. And all the songs you’ve loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that’s pretty to you is pretty to other people. And that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing ‘unity’.”
Seungkwan
“Please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough. And I will always believe the same about you.”
Vernon
“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”
Chan (Dino)
“I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn’t.”
I promise I’ll post more actual fics soon, I just gotta convince myself to actually write some.
fireworks by mitski // the book of hours: love poems to god by rainer maria rilke // garden song by phoebe bridgers // the tree of life (2011, terrence malick) // “today means amen” by sierra demulder // various storms and saints by florence + the machine // amy & roger’s epic detour by morgan matson // the perks of being a wallflower (2012, stephen chbosky) // the hours by michael cunningham // the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde // the iliad by homer // letters to felice by franz kafka // chungking express (1994, wong kar-wai) // unknown // the get down (2016-2017, bar luhrmann & stephen adly guirgis) // letters to a young poet by rainer maria rilke // a burning hill by mitski // her (2013, spike jonze) // a little larger than the entire universe by fernando pessoa // the undressing by li-young lee // the brothers karamazov by fyodor dostoyevsky // night sky with exit wounds by ocean vuong // triple dog dare by lucy dacus // twin peaks: the return (2017, david lynch & mark frost)
Thinking about when Marcel Proust said, “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” and Stephen Chbosky said, “There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.” and when Dino Ahmetovic said, “Come on, dance with me. The earth is spinning. We can’t just stand on it.” and when Nicolas Chamfort said, “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
