"and I am out with lanterns, looking for myself"

Lír//21//literature student//no clue what I'm doing here but feel free to join :)

[loveridden1999]

to the young who want to die by gwendolyn brooks

[gorbling]

Im enjoying the longevity of tumblrs recontextualization style of humor. a seemingly innocuous post followed by like "posts that a gnome would make" or like "are you a phone"

[gorbling]

[hapalopus]

[hapalopus]

More from the notes:

[vexwerewolf]

I love this post

[karifaevt]

The horse thinks as it scratches an itch

[tryingtoorbitthesun]

“Grammar offers speakers an infinite number of different ways to say an infinite number of things. Of course, we do not actually use this infinity in our lives. Our lives are too short.”

-James Paul Gee

[tryingtoorbitthesun]

Neglecting your needs out of fear of your loved ones’ reactions, although it may look like a selfless act on the surface, is actually an egocentric mechanism of defence — you’re trying to spare yourself from the guilt you might feel upon said reactions.

[roseimtryingtoresonateconcrete25]

[tryingtoorbitthesun]

Blood and guts in high school

This is all I know

Parents teachers boyfriends

All have got to go

Some folks like trains,

some folks like ships,

I like the way you move you hips

All I want is a taste of your lips,

boy,

All I want is a taste of your lips.

-Kathy Acker

[depsidase]

[insertunknownreferencehere]

being able to play songs in your head is cool and all but not really if you can't control what and when it plays so this is a visualization of me trying to concentrate while angel of music plays in my head

[tryingtoorbitthesun]

never underestimate a girl’s need for mashed potatoes

[daddy-long-legssss]

Alex Turner and his big brown eyes being described by interviewers over the years.

the guardian 2009 | tom oxley 2009 | artrocker magazine 2010 | nme awards 2009 | the guardian 2011 | there'd better be a mirrorball music video 2022 | q magazine 2011 | shortlist magazine 2011 | the national news 2009 | black treacle music video 2011

[tryingtoorbitthesun]

“Poetry gives the griever not release from grief but companionship in grief.”

-Donald Hall

[daggersoliloquy]

you're in her dms. i'm in a time loop and dooming my world to end over and over for her because i can't let go of what I want. and neither can she.

[lunamonchtuna]

— Rachel Mennies, from The Naomi Letters "April 18, 2017" (via lunamonchtuna)

[blurryshades24]

He’s so >:(((

[tryingtoorbitthesun]

when you lost the money, lost the keys, but are still handcuffed to the fucking briefcase

[momentsinreading]

“Perhaps you have forgotten. That’s one of the great problems of our modern world, you know. Forgetting. The victim never forgets. Ask an Irishman what the English did to him in 1920 and he’ll tell you the day of the month and the time and the name of every man they killed. Ask an Iranian what the English did to him in 1953 and he’ll tell you. His child will tell you. His grandchild will tell you. And when he has one, his great-grandchild will tell you too. But ask an Englishman—” He flung up his hands in mock ignorance. “If he ever knew, he has forgotten. ‘Move on!’ you tell us. ‘Move on! Forget what we’ve done to you. Tomorrow’s another day!’ But it isn’t, Mr. Brue.” He still had Brue’s hand. “Tomorrow was created yesterday, you see. That is the point I was making to you. And by the day before yesterday, too. To ignore history is to ignore the wolf at the door.” - A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré

[capycorn]

now and then I miss you

I haven't been here for a while, well... just wanted to show a little sketch I made in my free time :)

[tryingtoorbitthesun]

Areia Branca - Agosto 2025