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Ada Limón, “Instructions on Not Giving Up” in The Carrying: Poems (originally published in 2017)

“Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover. I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible. I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I’m the ultimate idealistic lover.”

— James Byron Dean.

#james dean #old hollywood #rebel without a cause

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Ocean Vuong, The Weight of Our Living: On Hope, Fire Escapes, and Visible Desperation

flower-tea-fairies

You should be furious that people trying to escape genocide in Gaza, Sudan, Congo all need raise an absurd amount of money just to survive

You should be furious at how these people went through atrocity after atrocity and still need raise tens of thousands of dollars to get away

You should be furious at this insidious thing that completely encapsulates how capitalism feeds off of blood

petaltexturedskies

How many futures - (how many different deaths I can die?) How am I a child? An adult? A woman? My fears, my loves, my lusts - vague, nebulous.

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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i think love is revolutionary because when done right, it allows for accountability, for growth, for healing, for laughter, for joy, for connection, for touch, for coming home. maybe it is foolish of me, even a little stupid to think of it as such but when done right, when honoured, when fulfilled, when prepared and boiled and served well, it truly does magic, it truly changes lives, it nourishes, it feeds, it gives hope, hope, so much of it.

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If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can’t know better until knowing better is useless.

John Green / Looking for Alaska

james dean, 50s.

#james dean #50s icons #old hollywood #vintage hollywood

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They made having blue hair and pronouns illegal in piltover

stardust-musing

“To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.”

—Mary Oliver