stardust.

in search of the great manifesto.

[the-knights-who-say-book]

cute things to call your significant other, according to Nathaniel Thorn:

an impossible menace

an unutterable menace

a feral librarian

a complete terror

an absolute terror

[spinelesslibra]

no one asked but,

here’s a list of books that absolutely sucked me into the story and are my ultimate favourites

- the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, taylor jenkins reid

- the secret history, donna tartt

- free food for millionaires, min jin lee

- the edwardians, vita sackville-west

- orlando, virginia woolf

- pride and prejudice, jane austen

- sense and sensibility, jane austen

- the picture of dorian gray, oscar wilde

- the goldfinch, donna tartt

- the bastard of istanbul, elif shafak

- the rest of us just live here, patrick ness

- the ministry of utmost happiness, arundhati roy

[dog-teeth]

lines from 17776 that live forever in my head

[acotars]

@faenet event: quotes

—and deep down, you know it too. that’s what scares you most.

[weltenwellen]

Simone Weil, tr. by Richard Rees, First and Last Notebooks

[valtsv]

yes honey your evil laugh is utterly diabolical and will definitely strike terror into the hearts of all your enemies now will you please come to bed

[moderate-sarcasm]

my french gf: you may have a little death. as a treat

[littlepines]

love, when it’s shaky and new

sylvia plath / april ranger, the inside of us / margaret atwood, cat’s eye / inkskinned / mindy netifee, this is the nonsense of love 

[lifeinpoetry]

I think I’m looking for something

that will sand off my skin

like a cicada, or something

I think I’m looking to

reincarnate my body

— Rebecca Kokitus, from “LUSH,” published in The Sonnetarium

[escafeism]

I’d love you in the sunny days, as you share your umbrella with me so we can enjoy the sun. I’d love you in the storms, as you hold me tightly in your arms to give me warmth. I’d love you in the winter, as you take a sip on a morning coffee I made for you. I’d love you in the spring, as you watch me dance with the winds. I’d love you in the fall — in your fall. Because I love you in every season.

[springdai]

Charlie’s Last Letter.

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

I’m not too gone to be healed, am I? I’m not too gone  am I?

Alice Notley, from In The Pines: Poems; “In The Pines,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

[tessalivesandbreathesbooks]

I am not afraid of you,” I said quietly. “Oh?” The Goblin King lifted his head. “I am the Lord of Mischief, the Ruler Underground,” he said, mismatched eyes glinting. “I am wildness and madness made flesh. You’re just a girl”- he smiled, and the tips of his teeth were sharp -“and I am the wolf in the woods.

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (via tessalivesandbreathesbooks)

[otherkinwords]

I was empty. A vessel filled with nothing. Whatever spirit filled me had fled years ago, leaving me with ghost and body alone.

S Jae Jones, Wintersong (via otherkinwords)

[the-final-sentence]

Tell me what you think, and then tell me what the world thinks, for I think it is my best yet, my most honest and my most true.

S. Jae-Jones, from Wintersong (via the-final-sentence)

[darshanasuresh]

no sound, no sound, all the deaths in my body happened quietly, happened softly, one moment here & the next not

darshana suresh // from my upcoming chapbook, “on the border” (via hyunani)

[inkskinned]

hey did you see. hey i know - hey, how u doin. i’m trying to text you to sound cool but also concerned but also like. can you tell i’m a little bit in love. i’m tryin to text you without it being awkward but i’m like easily the awkwardest person alive. uh. hey!!! no that’s too many exclamation points. uh… hi! no that’s somehow inexplicably worse? what’s up. wait what is this the 90′s i might as well say yo. wait do people still say yo? i’m just. i like you. i like you and i care about you and you’re having a rough night. that’s all. that’s all. how are you doing. hi. do you ever dream about the night sky?