TS Eliot said that the world would end in a whimper...

[vdooo86]

...he also said that when one creates a story it shouldn't have anything to do with themselves. Like when people say "The character is based on myself in my early 20s". To that I say, "RUBBISH, TS Eliot! RUBBISH!!!". Seriously, I highly doubt that he infused NOTHING of himself in his writings. I could be wrong about this and maybe he meant

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[february_stars_]

funny, because I've decided the opposite. I used to keep everything inside and have (somewhat) recently decided that I'm going to be completely open with people. You never know a person until you get past that front. I want to know people. I want them to know me - even if that means relinquishing my air of mystery or the façade I have so carefully constructed over the past 10 years.

[vdooo86]

I think I just talk too much about me to other people and I hear myself and then I feel like an idiot cuz its like "WHO WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOU?!" But I dunno. I'm going through undulating phases of me wanting to be open and me wanting to be completely closed off. Every time, though, I come to the realization that the strongest people are actually open. Yet I still go back to thinking being a recluse and shutting up is being STRONG. Which is not true and I need to dig that in my head.

[february_stars_]

haha no i know exactly what you mean - i guess i just mean don't hold back when you're asked and offer every once in a while. but i feel like that sometimes too ..like wow amanda shut up already. and yeah...i'm finally getting over that idea that keeping to myself = strength. anyway good luck lady...when do you get to england? give me your address once you're there!