[mournfulroses]

D. H. Lawrence, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence

[worldsandemanations]

“Table for One” by Luca Ponsato

[theotreptos]

[feral-ballad]

Blythe Baird, from If My Body Could Speak; “Concerns from a hot-boxed jeep”

[Text ID: “How do I stop / carrying everything / that had ever / happened to me?”]

[feral-ballad]

Blythe Baird, from If My Body Could Speak; “Concerns from a hot-boxed jeep”

[Text ID: “How do I stop / carrying everything / that had ever / happened to me?”]

[mournfulroses]

Anne Sexton, from The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton; "Mercy Street,"

[cupidsquilll]

[carpethedamndiemdejavu]

- James Baldwin talking about Love

[ciarasheart]

[text id: The role of the lover is exactly the same as the role of the artist. If I love you, I must make you aware of the things you do not see. end id]

[ashstfu]

edward hopper / jenny slate

[primulaceas]

Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

[feral-ballad]

Savannah Brown, from Closer Baby Closer; “Retroactive jealousy”

[Text ID: “Someday I’ll care for something / without wanting to close a door behind it.”]

[zegalba]

Tracey Emin: I dream of kissing you over again (2013)

[twinprime]

this excerpt means everything to me you don’t understand

from The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano, 2008

[weltenwellen]

Nikki Giovanni, The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998

[geryone]

Ways to Beg, T. J. Sandella

[geryone]

I Will Tell this Story to the Sun Until You Remember that You are the Sun, Erin Slaughter

[metamorphesque]

— A Prayer, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 

[text ID: I’m only asking for strength for my days. Teach me the art of small steps.]