Ilonah Rat

“a lot of times
we are angry at other people
for not doing what
we should have done for ourselves

- responsibility”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“loved him. I don’t know why, because I did. Perhaps it was all part of that in-built defense mechanism that women seem to be born with, that bogs us down and keeps us from saying the things we really want to say. Believing that holding back somehow keeps us one step ahead, making us the better, stronger gender. Why,”
― Sandie Jones, The Other Woman

“sometimes we wear masks so long
to hide what we truly feel
that those layers become
an extra skin, a part of our identity”
― R.H. Sin, Rest in the Mourning

“He didn’t say a word, but those eyes shouted it all. I could read the words in them like a page from a book. I want you. I miss you. I need you. I fucking love you.”
― Shanora Williams, 100 Proof