The Secret History By Donna Tartt.

Maybe it’s better to have the terrible times first. I don’t know. Maybe then, you can have, if you live, a better life, a real life, because you had to fight so hard to get it away⸺you know?⸺from the mad dog who held it in his teeth. But then your life has all those tooth marks, too, all those tatters and all that blood.

James Baldwin  This morning, this evening, so soon  

“Happy in Gaza. The Palestinian desire for life.”

Photographed by Laura Junka-Aikio, 2004.

That actually happened to me a couple hundred years ago

Temple of Asclepius (Aesculapius): Villa Borghese Gardens, Rome.

Soft speak with a mean streak nearly brought me to my knees

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet

Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)

I don't care if she commits atrocities, bro, she's justified by the narrative

the epic highs and tragic lows of literally just being in my head on a perfectly normal day

There’s something about being home for the holidays. The bathroom fan sounds the same, and I’m still not sure this house has ever been mine. I really want it to be. I look so different. I’m so much more than 12-yo me could have hoped for. Walking quietly through the house at night like im still young. The bathroom fan sounds the same. I’m going to get back to my life.