essere felice

[huariqueje]

Ancient Pool, Ierapolis    -   Maria Filopoulou ,2009

Greek,b.1964-

Oil on canvas, 180 x 200cm.

[lena-oleanderson]

you're allowed to be held.

[la-novellista]

Art. Leonardo Bistolfi, Il canto d'amore

[weltenwellen]

Glennon Doyle, Untamed

[thunderstruck9]

Barry McGlashan (British, 1974), Satellites, 2023. Oil on canvas, 170 × 140 cm.

[torsamors-deactivated20250510]

On Seatbelts and Sunsets - Hanif Abdurraqib

[weltenwellen]

Ruth Awad, from “Reasons To Live”

[halalwife-deactivated20250104]

grateful for food in the fridge, a roof over my head and my loved ones

[metamorphesque]

"Does it hurt?", Hovhannes Grigoryan (translated by Tathev Simonyan)

[bakwaaas]

oh

[hear-the-heartbeat]

“The inner self of a person is recognized from his outward state because what is in the heart reflects on the face.”

— Imam Ahmed Zarruq

[co-dei-na]

[petaltexturedskies]

Anaïs Nin in a diary entry written c. July 1944, featured in The Diary of Anaïs Nin Vol. IV 1944-1947

[blues-nocturne]

Não busco nada além de erotismo, criatividade e magia

[luckystarinsky]

when mary oliver said ‘if you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. give in to it.’

and mahmoud darwish said ‘and if happiness should surprise you again, do not mention its previous betrayal.

enter into the happiness, and burst.’

[bookpillows]

“I only want five things, five chosen roots. Once is an endless love. The second is to see the autumn. I cannot exist without leaves flying and falling to earth. The third is the solemn winter, the rain I loved, the caress of fire on the rough cold. My fourth is the summer plump as a watermelon. And fifthly, your eyes.”

— Pablo Neruda, “I Ask For Silence”

[jeanmoreaux]

— Fredrik Backman, Anxious people