“If pain can purify the heart, mine will be pure.”— Mary Shelley, from “Mathilda,” originally published c. October 1812
(via violentwavesofemotion)
if you wake up much earlier than normal you feel secret emotions
dreamt about dancing, laughter, and the mediterranean; woke up with rosy cheeks, pomegrante lips, and glistening eyes
“Years ago a friend of mine had a dream about a strange invention; a staircase you could descend deep underground, in which you heard recordings of all the things anyone had ever said about you, both good and bad. The catch was, you had to pass through all the worst things people had said before you could get to the highest compliments at the very bottom. There is no way I would ever make it more than two and a half steps down such a staircase, but I understand its terrible logic: if we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.”
— I Know What You Think of Me, Tim Kreider for the New York Times
reminder to myself about the process of drafting & revising:
- first drafts are for making it exist
- second drafts are for making it functional
- third drafts are for making it effective
Red lips, curled lashes, natural brows, flushed cheeks, soft skin, loose hair, gold jewelry
send me a name - yours, you friend’s, your lover’s, your enemy’s -
and i’ll recommend a book!
send me a name - yours, you friend’s, your lover’s, your enemy’s -
and i’ll recommend a book!
“Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.”— Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (via theclassicsreader)
AND KNEELING AT THE EDGE OF THE TRANSPARENT SEA I SHALL SHAPE FOR MYSELF A NEW HEART FROM SALT AND MUD
Anne Carson, The Beauty of the Husband