Lauren Suval

When standing inside an air-conditioned subway car on the way to West 4th Street, observing his smile, a piece of you stays.

Some of the narratives we read on Thought Catalog have the potential to stay with us, to tug at our heart space in that moment and the moments beyond.

An elderly man at a nearby table peers at her rather curiously.

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We can customize our page with various backgrounds, pictures, and even songs. On multiple dimensions, we’re able to share ourselves with our peers.

And as I move, I see sun.

Their door just closed.

They were stoned, and they were crying.

The building’s awning shed its green for a shade of red, likened to cranberry, the furniture in the lobby was arranged differently, and my Dad and I were wholeheartedly determined to walk up one flight of steps and visit our old apartment on the first floor.

When it comes to Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics, I could drone on and on, but I decided to do all of us a favor, and only highlight a small handful of some of his insightful lines (with a bit of my own interpretation as well).

“I don’t do ice cream. It’s like sweet mucus.”

We can attempt to freeze the clock and mentally press pause.

This is a post dedicated to my fellow writers – to the ones who have left a mark, an imprint, a lasting impact.

When he made promises that he couldn’t keep, that he was unable to keep, they were almost something.

This group was, in fact, a scrabble board; all their personalities, characteristics, and intricacies infused together, creating a strong dynamic, making history.

When single in your twenties, single despite authentically embracing the concept of commitment, you can hold your head high.

Silence is loud. Our non-speaking mimics white noise; it’s static on the phone, it’s inaudible mutterings, it’s background jumbles at a wild party, it’s a mess of misunderstanding.

We will observe. We make note of the people we want to sit beside on New Year’s Eve, and we begin to know who we want to secure our warmth from, physically and emotionally.