“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
— Donna Tartt, The Secret History
it’s the way olivia rodrigo cured my depression with this bridge
“In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the highest cathedral ceilings and paint my thoughts. But when I open my mouth, everything collapses.”
— Issac Marion, Warm Bodies
Imagine, sitting by the window when it rains heavily. You have a book in your hand and headphones on. The steamy hot cup of tea by the side table waits for you to take a sip. You keep the book down as the chapter finishes and take the cup in your hand to feel it's warmth and look out the window, thinking about your love. Mundane life.
““If you love a flower, don’t pick it up.” because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.””
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STEM girls, i love you. keep your head up; you’re going to do great no matter what the boys say. <3
i think it’s pretty miserable that it’s 2021, and jo’s line “i just think women, they have minds and souls as well as just hearts, they’ve got ambition and talent as well as just beauty and i’m so sick of people saying love is all a woman is fit for, but i’m so lonely” still resonates with women everywhere; that women still feel the need to prove that they are more than just pretty dresses, that they’re smart and thoughtful and witty and talented, and are afraid to want love because it’s seen as a weakness.
"but she was your Lilith, and for one time i regretted my wings, i tryed to cut them off and be as her, tryed to dance in the flames for you "
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?”
— Ernest Hemingway