[storytime-reviews]

“I’m beginning to realise that things don’t turn out the way you want them to. And sometimes, when they don’t they can turn out just a little bit better.”

— Melina Marchetta, Looking For Alibrandi

[soracities]

Eavan Boland, “A Woman Painted on a Leaf”

[Text ID: “I want a poem I can grow old in. I want a poem I can die in.”]

[weltenwellen]

Andrea Gibson, The Madness Vase

[weltenwellen]

An Interview with Hanif Abdurraqib

[json-derulo]

"you were always such a good kid! we never had to worry about you :)" thanks! you actually should've, though. like about this specifically

[sovietnam]

[kosmogrl]

when not to think about the passage of time/your life:

- sundays

- end of the year

- your bday/the days leading up to it

[thezeroquotes]

I'm scared I'm going to spend the rest of my life in a state of yearning, regardless of where I am.

— Melina Marchetta, The Piper's Son

[litandroses]

Very late post but here are my favorite reads of 2024 🫶

(* = reread)

[thereignclub-trc]

I just want to remind you that sometimes your life really doesn't begin until you are 26+... Romanticizing and obsessing over our youth is harmful. Growing up is beautiful. Discovering who you are and how you interact with the world is a gift. Maturing and learning what you truly want out of life and living in that purpose brings fulfillment and peace. Your life is not over in your early 20's because you haven't figured it out yet, it's just beginning.

[weltenwellen]

Jenny Slate, Little Weirds

[stay-close]

“It’s funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that’s why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It’s not the pain they’re getting over, it’s the love.”

— Melina Marchetta

[softwaring]

[aaronstveit]

— Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

[longmemoried]

Hello, one sees in us people who just by seeing their faces know They are kind and have big hearts Peace is your companion wherever you go, and happiness and success, God willing, will be your end in every task you undertake. I wish you to always remain the same. Paws of comfort and satisfaction away from the bitterness of life And I want to tell you something All my ideas have become a failure, and all that remains is your door in front of me. I am certain that you will help me and will not return me disappointed, and I know that you have a good heart that will help me, oh star that shines in me. the sky. All I hope is that you will not return me disappointed and that you will help me In response to the call

Your blessing means a lot to me

If you can't

help me recycle the post on my account? 🌺 And help rescue my family from the war in Gaza? 🙏 Thank you.

https://gofund.me/198b6d57

🤍

[kafk-a]

[allsadnshit]

Why is it that people who you think will be in your life forever seem to disappear and yet people who you meet as like a friend of a friend or peer and think you'll know for exactly one chapter of life become lifetime reoccurring characters like it's so interesting to me