res cogitans

megan. xxvi. british poet living in chicago. lover of vanilla lattes, philosophy, and stained glass windows. let's talk about existentialism.

[nature-hiking]

Misty mountains 49/? - Adlerweg, Tirol, Austria, October 2022

photo by: nature-hiking

[soracities]

Maram al-Massri, from A Red Cherry on a White-Tiled Floor (trans. Khaled Mattawa) [ID'd]

[shisasan]

Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus, originally published: 1977

[mournfulroses]

Suzanne Scanlon, from "Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen," published in 2024

[alltheladiesyouhate]

second favorite part of 2005 pride and prejudice is when lizzy tells darcy that lydia ran off with wickham and he’s like “can i help” and she’s like “no” and he’s like “then i have to go do something unrelated immediately” and she totally falls for it

[portableoctober]

“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

[portableoctober]

spending today at my desk. with the air conditioning on and my favourite sweater over my shoulders it almost feels like autumn.

[metamorphesque]

— Oscar Wilde 

[dreamvisiongirlfriend]

Anne Carson’s Oresteia

[abernathyvalois]

i don’t want a job i want to read good books and drink good coffee and get kissed on the neck

[artandchocolate]

Mahmoud Darwish - “Memory for Forgetfulness” 

[greektragdy]

— The Secret History (1992)

[amberum]

[dreamyfilms]

persuasion (1995, dir. roger michell)

[renwei]

If Not, Winter — Sappho (tr. Anne Carson)

[aqua-regia009]

Megilla (Detail), 1921 - John William Godward

[lord-des-fleurs]