— Fredrik Backman, Us Against You
David Bottoms, from “Black Horses,” Otherworld, Underworld, Prayer Porch.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
the Coldplay discography as color palettes
Source: snow-blind
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Nika Turbina, tr. by Elaine Feinstein, from First Draft: Poems; “Magician,”
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Lisa Marie Basile, from “Light Magic for Dark Times,” published c. 2018
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“I fight to console my heart,”
— Nikos Kazantzakis, tr. by P. A. Bien, from “Report To Greco,” publ. c. 1961
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“I sometimes resent my subconscious for its self-destructive tendencies.”
— Chelsea Hodson, from Tonight I’m Someone Else: Essays; “A Simple Woman,”
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“Some people have needed me, but the ones I wanted most didn’t need anything or anyone.”
— Chelsea Hodson, from Tonight I’m Someone Else: Essays; “A Simple Woman,”
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“…but being alive can feel so strange and bizarre and beautiful and intense.”
— Zola Jesus, interviewed by Anca Macavei for Nasty Magazine c. July 2019
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“The moon was shining. I thought, “I’ve finally come to the very depths of this miserable world!””
— Takuboku Ishikawa, from “Romaji Diary & Sad Toys,” published c. 1985
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“July. Silence. Complete silence. The whole world floated.”
— Lola Ridge, from To the Many; Collected Poems of Lola Ridge; “Silence,”
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“I needed to scream.”
— Margaret Atwood, from “The Handmaid’s Tale,” originally published c. 1985
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“I’d blast my music and pretend to be somewhere else — in the woods, at the sea, wherever I could be free. My room was my heaven.”
— Lisa Marie Basile, from “Survival & Truth: How Toris Amos’ Under The Pink Changed My Life,”
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“patience” is not a word, it’s a whole mental and psychological mindset
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“Not day nor night can ease her heart,”
— Amy Lowell, from The Complete Poetical Works of Amy Lowell; “New York At Night,”