[apocryphics]

[letterful]

Is it starting to rain? Did the check bounce? Are we out of coffee? Is this going to hurt? Could you lose your job? Did the glass break? Was the baggage misrouted? Will this go on my record? Are you missing much money? Was anyone injured? Is the traffic heavy? Do I have to remove my clothes? Will it leave a scar? Must you go? Will this be in the papers? Is my time up already? Are we seeing the understudy? Will it affect my eyesight? Did all the books burn? Are you still smoking? Is the bone broken? Will I have to put him to sleep? Was the car totaled? Am I responsible for these charges? Are you contagious? Will we have to wait long? Is the runway icy? Was the gun loaded? Could this cause side effects? Do you know who betrayed you? Is the wound infected? Are we lost? Will it get any worse?

— JEANNE MARIE BEAUMONT, “Afraid So.”

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

how it feels to message a friend who's having Problems that you can't do anything to help with.

[winningmachine]

Being small Nobody quite recovers from being a child: the asymmetry of power between parents and children always leaves a trace

[weltenwellen]

I Do Know Some Things Richard Siken

[weltenwellen]

Monologue of Despair Penelope Alegria

[lifeinpoetry]

What is hell like? / Wait and see, it is what man is turning the world into.

— Saddiq Dzukogi, from Book Three, Bakandamiya

[requiem-on-water]

Survival (1983–85) by Jenny Holzer

[greatestlittlegiant]

always thinking of that “i couldn’t stop wasting time” quote

[greatestlittlegiant]

song of the summer!!

[ishowdespair-deactivated2026012]

[geturlook2gether]

| @givenchy ; captured by @lejartanaick |

ig. geturlook2gether / ig.lauritabanita

[dk-thrive]

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.

– Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943. Translated by Arnold J. Pomerans. (Pantheon Books, 1983)

[cozyvu]

via reltubatokad

[thichnhathanhgems]

[sol-psych]

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

[wovi]

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simone weil

[wovi]

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ursula k. leguin

[fairycosmos]

apparently youre supposed to perform. they love it when you perform. but it has to be authentic. they hate it when it's not authentic. but you have to perform.

[de-activated-offical]

I need to do this. (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't do it) (Doesn't d