[mournfulroses]

Megan Nolan, from her novel titled "Acts of Desperation," originally published in March 2021

[moonlitmourningjournal]

[petaltexturedskies]

Anton Chekhov, The Sea Gull

[bakwaaas]

guys. I wanna be loved

[weltenwellen]

Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

[feral-ballad]

Joy Sullivan, from Instructions for Traveling West: Poems; “Instructions for Traveling West”

[weltenwellen]

Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

[wedarkacademia]

[velartis]

Franz Kafka, 1912

[fracturedporcelaindoll]

Beautiful~

[wedarkacademia]

Yeah now we've entered the back pain stage

[heartssarrow]

-Han Kang - The Vegetarian

[feelingsoftheday]

you think you're asking for too much until you find someone who does it all naturally

[stayuntilthefoglifts]

and sometimes that sadness gets so deep in your heart that you can't even cry.

vishal rastogi

[fatimazainab]

Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

[llleighsmith]

sam sifton, from the nyt “what to cook right now” newsletter

[theoptia]

Simone de Beauvoir, from Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 1, 1926-27

Text ID: I observe how much I have matured since last year despite my belief that I was losing myself, how something strong was born from the painful experiences survived and from the numerous minutes that I believed were wasted.

[feral-ballad]

Maya C. Popa, from Wound is the Origin of Wonder: Poems: “Wound is the origin of wonder”