Reetica Pattanayak
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Reetica Pattanayak
There Is More To Love Than Meets The Eye
Love is more than just happiness. It is the triumph of light over darkness.
Fall For The One Who Makes You Want To Write Poetry About Him
Someone who makes you and your memories together feel timeless.
I Didn’t Have The ‘Normal’ College Experience, And That’s Okay
I thought I would be independent and do my own thing and enjoy the sanguinity of being alone and having the liberty to make my own decisions. But I never thought that I would ache for company every single day, just for someone to listen to me to rant away.
If There Was A Parallel Universe, I’d Love You Just The Same
If there was a parallel universe somewhere out there. A place where we could be possibly be together- I would cherish every inch of your body and every atom of your soul.
The Best Part About Love Is Falling For You
You start observing yourself observing them, their little scars or birthmarks exposed in peculiar spaces, the crinkles around their eyes and their mouths that form when they smile and their laughs that impersonates the explosion of galaxies. And these little things memorize themselves in your mind.
To The Friendships That Survive Long Distance
Distance and time difference seems so petty in comparison with everything that holds us together.
To All The 20-Year-Olds Who Haven’t Fallen In Love Yet But Feel Pressured To
There is no “certain age” when you’re supposed to fall in love.
To All The 20-Somethings Who Haven’t Fallen In Love Yet
Fall in love with yourself instead of wasting your time and energy and something that is only capable of being fictitious. Wait for something that will be real. Have patience because what’s the worst that can happen?
Fall For Someone Who Will Make You Want To Write Poetry
Fall for the who makes you feel the warmth of the sun on winter days. And someone who gives you the rush of all the different hues in your favourite flowers. Someone who brings out the heat and passion of red in roses within you.
What I Think About Before I Get To Sleep
I think about the smile the stranger at the bus stop gave me. I think about how tired I was in the morning when I woke up. I think about my family in a land 4000 miles away in a different time zone who are probably sound asleep.
How To Be Truly Happy With Yourself No Matter What Society Says
Close your ears to all the negative things that people have to say about you and surround yourself with those who will embrace your little imperfections and help you do that as well.
4 Things I Learned From Photography
Don’t constrict yourself int thinking that there are rules. This doesn’t only apply to photography but pretty much everything; there are no set rules when you’re in a world where your creativity speaks. But if you really cannot do without some rules then go ahead and make your own.