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25 figuring stuff out

[oldpaintings]

St. Thaïs Praying in her Cell, 1736 by Charles-Antoine Coypel (French, 1694–1752)

[lagoonhag]

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

[quotespile]

“You’d be surprised how quickly the mind goes soggy in the absence of other people. One person alone is not a full person: we exist in relation to others. I was one person: I risked becoming no person.”

— Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

[aurelle]

[narcissuscore-archived]

Start Here - Caitlyn Siehl

[lavinianicholai-deactivated2018]

Joan Didion on Self-Respect, Vogue Magazine “People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of a moral nerve; They display what was once called character… Character — The willingness to accept the responsibility for one’s own life.”

[fakeitbody]

Wow.

Link to the essay with clear text.

[rahabq]

[lux1isbon]

me currently

[heateron]

before sunset (2004) dir. richard linklater

[girlbitesback]

ayo edebiri and jeremy allen white for fx’s ‘the bear’

[petitworld]

Horsham District, England by vintage 1953 & wackymoomin

[littlemisstwihard]

“I am what I am. To look for reasons is beside the point."

-Joan Didion

[myshizukesa]

[principleofplenitude]

“I do not write every day, I read every day, think every day, work in the garden every day, and recognize in nature the same slow complicity. The same inevitability. The moment will arrive, always it does, it can be predicted but it cannot be demanded. I do not think of this as inspiration. I think of it as readiness.”

— Jeanette Winterson, from Art Objects (1995)

[palentine]

“Perfect Lover I” & “Perfect Lover II” by Can Sun

[fortuneaday]

[A white fortune cookie paper with blue text. Front: No need to worry! You will always have everything that you need. Lucky Numbers 54, 30, 25, 20, 26, 44 Back: April, Chinese text 四 (sì) 月 (yuè)]

[typewriter-worries]

“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”

— The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems, Pablo Neruda 

[ditzyteengirl-deactivated202408]

messy french girl