name two things better than self isolation and the refusal to face reality
i just realized,,,,,,,…. i can literally be the best version of myself right at this moment the only one stopping me is,,,.,,,, me ??? wild
date a girl who eats books
eat a girl who dates books
“I don’t remember lighting this cigarette and I don’t remember if I’m here alone or waiting for someone.”— Leonard Cohen, “Book of Longing”
“I don’t feel like being reasonable today. I feel like hiding away.”— Sylvia Plath, from a diary entry featured in The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath
“I wanted to explain myself to myself in an understandable way. I gave shape to my fears and made excuses. I varied my velocities, watched myselves sleep. Something’s not right about what I’m doing but I’m still doing it— living in the worst parts, ruining myself. My inner life is a sheet of black glass. If I fell through the floor I would keep falling. The enormity of my desire disgusts me.”— Richard Siken, from “Birds Hover the Trampled Field”, published in “War of the Foxes”
shit dude, here’s to all of the quiet victories. the things that other people take for granted but are so, so hard for you. the way your voice didn’t shake when you ordered your drink, the time you felt a swell of pride at something instead of shame, how you got out of bed after only the second time hitting snooze even though you couldn’t imagine anything more difficult than facing another fucking day. fucking cherish those. relish them, rejoice in them, do not let anyone pluck them from your grasp because they are yours and they are important.
think about the concept of a library. that’s one thing that humanity didn’t fuck up. we did a good thing when we made libraries
