My dad taught me how to be generous and loving.
My mom taught me how to be tough and thick-skinned.
Aren't the roles reversed?
the feminine urge to become fluent in every language on earth so I can read literature in poetry in their native tongues to get the full effect
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
My mom wasn't made to be a mother and I wasn't made to be a daughter. It's a fucking shitshow.
i know it's going to be a good scene when a tv series plays 'dreams' by the cranberries
“i read the book you recommended” is a love language.
If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.
— Bill Watterson
—longing for love
what i could never confess without some bravado by emily palermo // nickie zimov // homosexuality by frank o’hara // normal people (2020) // the unabridged journal by sylvia plath // holly warburton
REAL
I LOVE LIFE
this is definitely my “???” era
the art of book covers