[ponchopeligroso]

every single person you know has something in their life and past that is probably worth collapsing to the ground in an uncontrollably sobbing heap over, so be nice to each other and tell good jokes

[perriaeyjeve]

[razzmothazz]

still caring about internet friends you lost touch with years ago is so embarrassing. yeah i had a deam we met up irl recently. the last time we spoke was maybe 7-8 years ago. i still wear the laces we randomly decided was a sign of our friendship. i dont know what any of your socials are or if youre even active on any. sometimes i see someones art resemble yours and i wonder for hours. do you still go by that name you chose? whenever i see it i wonder if its you. we couldve passed each other in this vastness a thousand times and not have a clue.

[razzmothazz]

we were lonely kids having fun together. do you remember?

[petaltexturedskies]

One day you’ll have whatever it is you’re now so confusedly seeking. That kind of calm that comes from knowing oneself and others. But you can’t rush the arrival of that state of mind. There are things you only learn when no one teaches them. And that’s how it is with life. There’s even more beauty in discovering it for yourself, in spite of the suffering.

Clarice Lispector, from “Gertrudes asks for advice” in The Complete Stories

[frailbug]

you think that you're so alone in the world then you read literature from hundreds of years ago and you realize that other people have always felt this way

[shisasan]

your loneliness has ancestors, your soul has company ⋆˙⟡♡

[soleilinfini]

mary oliver, staying alive

[rivesveronique]

Woman sitting on rock by the sea by Williamina Parrish 1915

[blubalum]

The 4 am pitter patter that woke me up

[petaltexturedskies]

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals

[finita--la--commedia]

“Time is not a straight line, it’s more of a labyrinth, and if you press close to the wall at the right place you can hear the hurrying steps and the voices, you can hear yourself walking past on the other side.”

— Tomas Tranströmer (1931-2015), from “Answers to Letters”, in: “The Great Enigma”, translated from the Swedish by Robin Fulton

[breathings]

Großer Rußweiher, Bavaria, Germany

[thedireful]

Today, suddenly, I reached an absurd but unerring conclusion. In a moment of enlightenment, I realized that I'm nobody, absolutely nobody.

[unhozier]

a little life, as weird as it sounds, ripped me right off my reading slump. i got so distressed, so affected by that book that i IMMEDIATELY had to jump to other books so i could keep my mind off jude and willem and harold and their beautiful and terrifying story.

[2015joshler]

"and so i try to be kind to everything i see, and in everything i see, i see him"

you hate me YOU HATE ME YOU HATE ME YOU HATE ME

[speerlied]

jude was chill with everyone for real even the trio of lesbians fw him the most out of the boys' little quartet . malcolm's dad liked this kid more than his own son .

[thir10th]

that moment when you’ve been depressed and isolated for some time and then you finally spend a whole evening w your friends, and they’re driving you back home, music full volume, they’re all laughing and yelling over one another, and you understand what Hanya Yanagihara meant with the “healing power of friendship” even when it isn’t enough to save you

[seemoregiass]

Neat bit of foreshadowing in "A Little Life"

Here, Harold is explaining his case about the football team who all died while driving a van they borrowed. It's presented as a moral dilemma of whether the parents of the dead team members were right to sue the owner of the van. Jude is the only one who calls it "right" even if it might not be fair. At the time, neither Harold nor the reader know why he said that.

But THEN, after Willem's death, it seems that the hypothetical situation is brought to life as Jude sues basically anyone who was even remotely involved in the crash, even if it may ruin their lives.

There's probably more to it but for now I'm just sharing this neat little detail:)