[duskissed]

[flowerytale]

Natalie Díaz, from “American Arithmetic”, Postcolonial Love Poem (2020)

[mehreenkhan]

Alain de Botton

[oldwinesoul]

“Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling”

—Oscar Wilde

[virginiewoolf]

Carrie Fisher, from The Princess Diarist.

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When Richard Siken said “the body always betrays itself — it blushes, it trembles.” and when Jenny Slate said “my body will always show what my real inner situation is. My body will never let me lie.”

[dogmotifs]

a reflection on june;

[mjalti]

“the core of repulsion is recognition.”

— Caitlin Scarano, from “Deer Season”, The Necessity of Wildfire (via voirlvmer)

[stlowens]

Louise Glück, from “Averno.”

[redlipstickresurrected]

Jen Mazza (American, b. 1972, Washington DC, USA) - Peripety 1-7 from Peripety Project, Paintings: Oil on Linen (Info with each pic)

[lifeinpoetry]

Your daughter’s face is a small riot, her hands are a civil war, she has a refugee camp tucked behind each ear, her body is a body littered with ugly things

but God, doesn’t she wear the world well.

— Warsan Shire, from “Bless Your Ugly Daughter,” Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

[cobalus-victus]

oh to be the girl who makes it til the end of a horror movie caked in blood

[useless-catalanfacts]

Detalls de l'arquitectura modernista de Barcelona. Details of Barcelona’s modernist architecture.

Photos by Arnim Schulz

[heartsl0b]

fluorescent lights, express laundry

[eternalwormdevouringconneticut]

[ID: A drawing of the interior of a bright and colorful laundromat. Plants hang from the ceiling and posters adorn the walls. /End ID.]

[recoverr-deactivated20220605]

expressing your needs, your emotions, your boundaries and your concerns will not drive away people that are committed to being in your life. wanting to be treated with respect, knowing your worth and acting accordingly is never asking for too much in any kind of safe or healthy connection.

[theambitiouswoman]

the real flex is not returning to your old patterns no matter how familiar and comfortable they look.

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