Beau Taplin

There has arguably never been a more remarkable and unusual time to be young, here, and alive.

Loving you has liberated me of loathing and pettiness and I find myself free, for the very first time in my life, to be completely and spectacularly present.

You captivate me with your passions and send me positively mad with want and need. You make me wild and naive and a single kiss from you is enough to send me to ecstasy.

It’s the little resolutions you make each and every day that truly count.

When we are going on nothing but a profile picture and a few lines of text, we can become smitten with our *idea* of a person, a product of our hopes and imaginations, rather than genuinely bothering to discover the truth of who they are…

You don’t want to leave any of this behind. But you must. And it’s okay to be afraid.

You will fuck the hurt out of your skin and call it nothing because it is.

A blue whale’s heart is the size of a car. Perhaps this explains the way these whales find their soul mates through miles of deep blue lonely ocean — singing their watery love songs like sirens in the sea.

I wish you were here,
I wish you were here,
I wish you were here.

The first and most important thing to remember about letting go is it is one of the only things in the world that doesn’t get easier with experience or practice, because it’s different every time.

Set your goals, have hopes, and keep the endgame always in your sights, but recognise and understand that life isn’t about the destination, but the long journey there.

You don’t turn your back on a good thing just because it’s hard.

Yes, love is patient and love is kind, but occasionally it is controlling and cruel.