Hello, Sunshine

i'm brandi, 23, from california. i love giraffes, tv, film, music, and books.

[lonequixote]

“We were together. I forget the rest.”

— Walt Whitman (via lonequixote)

[genterie]

Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

[dcbicki]

THE PRINCESS BRIDE 1987, dir. Rob Reiner

[spacelightcat-deactivated202102]

[hunterschafer]

WOMEN IN HORROR ↳ for @mikaeled- @filmgiftexchange

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Milton Greene, 1955.

[dog-teeth]

thinking about how good friendship is…..like two people just like each other….and choose over and over to spend time with each other……quite special how diverse human relationships are..every friendship is special and u cant be close friends with everybody…..for some unknown reason certain people just enjoy each other..and i think we take for granted how fantastic that is

[pan-the-mischievous]

C S Lewis talks about how friendship is actually perhaps the greatest form of human love because it’s two people choosing to spend time together not because they have to or have any specific physical draw to each other, but purely because they just enjoy each other’s company and this is it.

[aubrey-plaza]

GET TO KNOW ME MEME: 1/10 FEMALE CHARACTERS

↳ DINAH LANCE / BLACK CANARY

[vivienvalentino]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 | dir. Michel Gondry

[brittany]

I can’t remember anything without you.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

[samuelljackson]

The way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?

Back to the Future (1985) dir. Robert Zemeckis 

[filmgifs]

William Holden & Nancy Olson – Sunset Boulevard (1950) dir. Billy Wilder

[aoifuh]

Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce, 1945

[dailynetflix]

Madeline Brewer as Lola in CAM (2018)

[filmgifs]

Heathers (1989), dir. Michael Lehmann

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

Honestly something that bothers me more than most things is having my compassion mistaken for naivety.

I know that another fish might eat this bullfrog right after I spend months rehabilitating it.

I know that turning a beetle back onto its legs won’t save it from falling over again when I walk away.

I know that there is no cosmic reward waiting for my soul based on how many worms I pick off a hot sidewalk to put into the mud, or how many times I’ve helped a a raccoon climb out of a too-deep trashcan. 

I know things suffer, and things struggle, and things die uselessly all day long. I’m young and idealistic, but I’m not literally a child. I would never judge another person for walking by an injured bird, for ignoring a worm, or for not really caring about the fate of a frog in a pond full of, y’know, plenty of other frogs.

There is nothing wrong with that.

But I cannot cannot cannot look at something struggling and ignore it if I may have the power to help.

There is so much bad stuff in this world so far beyond my control, that I take comfort in the smallest, most thankless tasks. It’s a relief to say “I can help you in this moment,” even though they don’t understand.

I don’t need a devil’s advocate to tell me another fish probably ate that frog when I let it go, or that the raccoon probably ended up trapped in another dumpster the next night.

I know!!!! I know!!!!!!! But today I had the power to help! So I did! And it made me happy!

So just leave me alone alright thank u!!!!

[shrineart]

THIS.

[the-rain-monster]

I heard a story about this, a parable I guess.

There was a big storm and a ton of starfish were washed onto the beach, stranded much further up than they could get back and beginning to bake in the post-storm sunshine. A little girl was walking down the beach, picking up starfish and throwing them back into the sea. Some guy comes up and asks her what she’s doing. “Saving the starfish,” she says.

He looks around at the huge beach and the hundreds of starfish, and says “You can’t possibly save them all. I’m afraid you’re not gonna make much of a difference.”

She throws another starfish back into the ocean, and replies “It made a difference to that one.”

[the-real-seebs]

Yeah, I mean, we know we can’t change all the things. But have you ever noticed how much better life is when you’re around people who change things when they can?

[theangriestlittleunicorn]

Kindness is a choice. Even if it’s small, it’s worth it.

[itsladykit]

This is what I’m talking about, when I say that kindness and compassion do not equate with ignorance, stupidity, or naivety. Being cynical does not make someone more intelligent or more worldly. 

Kindness is not weakness.

Kindness is brave. Especially when you also know that your kindness might not be returned, may even be met with anger or cruelty. It’s reaching out with an open hand, knowing that it’s just as likely to be bitten as it is to be held. 

Kindness is hard. If you can’t find it in yourself to be kind, then fine. But don’t make it more difficult for those that can.

[thismomentforever]

love is buying someone a book and writing a note to them on the first page

[thismomentforever]

the amount of people who reblogged this saying “don’t write in books!!! grrr!!!! stupid person writing in books!!!” you guys are truly something else 😭 where’s that post that’s like i will eat every page after i’ve read it..... cos i feel that every time i look in the notes .... please grow tf up

[the-bibliophiles-bookshelf]

Ok but have you ever gotten a book with a note on the first page but forgotten about it for years and then found it when you least expected to? Feels like when cats smooch their lil faces on your legs. 10/10 one of the purest joys.