O for Always

[kitty-leche]

Charli XCX covers British Vogue (May 2026 Issue), photographed by Rafael Pavarotti

[petaltexturedskies]

Christa Wolf, Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays

[stargirldotcom]

be careful going for walks this september. the air might smell like recess in second grade and you might get sick to your stomach with melancholia

[shisasan]

𝙴𝚍𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚘𝚎, 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕 𝙻𝚎𝚎 (𝟷𝟾𝟺𝟿)

[oliviawhen]

A small harbinger of spring.

[oforalways]

so we spent what was left of our serotonin

to chew on our cheeks and stare at the moon

[oforalways]

life is short, so remember to live deliciously

[oforalways]

Her Body

She prepares her body like one may prepare a fish for dinner. She sculpts her body like one may carve a statue of a great Spartan warrior. She freezes her body like one may crystalize in ember a precious relic, memorializing it for a future audience. She rests her body like one rests a racehorse before a derby. She picks her body like one picks barren fresh berries from a bush. She hides her body like one hides a stain with a beautiful throw. She leaves her body like one leaves a rather abhorrent show. She hates her body like one hates a relative who reminds them of where they came from. She loves her body like one loves their prized swine before a county fair. She is her body, but her body is not her.

[oforalways]

people say i look happy just because I look skinny

but the old me is still me

maybe the real me

& i think shes pretty

[equatorjournal]

Pacific Shoreline, 1937

[flowerytale]

Virginia Woolf, from a diary entry featured in “A Writer’s Diary” Clarice Lispector, from “A Breath of Life” Patti Smith, from “Devotion” Elena Ferrante, from “Incidental Inventions” Marguerite Duras, from “Écrire”

Jane Austen’s writing table at Chawton Cottage, Hampshire Charlotte Brontë’s writing desk on display at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth, England Virginia Woolf’s writing desk in her writing lodge at Monk’s House in Rodmell, Sussex Reconstruction of Daphne du Maurier’s study at the Smugglers Museum, Jamaica Inn, Cornwall

[oforalways]

Frances Ha

[oforalways]

can u tell this movie changed my life

[petaltexturedskies]

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor People

[oforalways]

Billie Eilish for Rolling Stone

April 2024

[oforalways]

and if you hand me a beer, I'll forget to watch what I eat

and i don't care

[petaltexturedskies]

Vladimir Nabokov, in a letter to his wife dated 24 march 1937; from Letters to Vera