haylie stopher

writer | doodler | undefeated scrabble champ | Lovers Belong in Straitjackets available now

[haylie stopher @cantstopher1]

Lovers Belong in Straitjackets is 187 pages of original poetry & illustrations straight from my heart, gut, & skull. Available to devour from Amazon July 10th, if ya want to. 🥰😭

#poetry #author #writer #poet

[haylie stopher @cantstopher1]

& one of the most toxic habits you can create is monitoring people who’ve mentally moved on from you

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

one of the most peaceful decisions you can make is not monitoring people you’ve already mentally moved on from.

[haylie stopher @cantstopher1]

@Author15se 👏 hell yeah, gf!! Sometimes 1,000 words is like pulling teeth 😅

[Tasha 😋💦 @Tasha1644]

Mercy is when you can't even explain how you're surviving, but you are. You don't have it all figured out, but each day, God sends help right when you need it. Hallelujah.

[Mike “The Burg” Burgan @mike_burgan]

Today’s to do list:

1. Bite off more than I can chew
2. Build Rome in one day
3. Poke a bear with a stick
4. Beat a dead horse
5. Skate on thin ice

[✒️ @Literariium]

when sylvia plath wrote ‘please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. there are times when i will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand’ I felt that

[zellie @zellieimani]

Mandatory

[Living Christian @livechristian1]

a lot can happen in 3 days.

[W❍LF @babybadwolf]

Come to bed, I put the thunderstorm on

[shay 𓂀 @surrealistshay]

turning your home into your own museum + art gallery >>>

[𝐢Ceberg̶ @ionfwnuin]

on a serious note thank you God

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

"Many men wanted to lay me down; but few wanted to lift me up"

—Eartha Kitt

[haylie stopher @cantstopher1]

THIS. I’ve felt myself slipping through a partner’s fingers, & bc they let me, I did.

[Inner Practitioner @MindTendencies2]

If you are serious about intimacy, be serious about vulnerability and difficult conversations because they are the foundation for real love. Your relationship won't end because you spoke your mind; it will end because you sat in silence, pretending that everything was fine.

[julia @juumelo_]

I’LL SEE YOU IN COURT (at the marriage registry because I love u)

[dream within a dream @itsshiiee]

and books to read

[Sam @SammySwoosh]

Staying alive because I still have so many movies to see

[gabrielle @legitimatetiger]

just enjoy the ride and trust that the universe is constantly protecting you and swaying you toward outcomes that will bring you the most joy

[haylie stopher @cantstopher1]

@ana_scribe this'll be on shelves one day, baby. I can feel it. Keep going. ❤️