The Mirror (1975) dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
studio ghibli romances be like mmm what if we didn’t kiss, but instead both spiritually matured as people because we met each other
antigone by jean anouilh // brother, sister, rival, friend: how siblings shape one another’s lives by joshua a. krisch // a brother named gethsemane by natalie diaz
Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy Honeychurch
A Room with a View (1985) dir. James Ivory
Hubble Sees a Young Star Take Center Stage by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Phantom Thread (2017) script, written by Paul Thomas Anderson / Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
cruelty is so easy. youre not special for choosing it
"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."
-Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
When you say his lines, it drags out the real you.
Drive My Car (2021) dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Forgive me my impatience but I hope you will reveal your plan for me soon. I can’t shake the feeling that you must have saved me for something greater than this.
SAINT MAUD (2019) dir. Rose Glass
when your pet comes to you from another room, the preceding moments meant that they were alone somewhere and thought about YOU, an animal brain literally thought about you and came to you to see what you were doing. that’s love, unconditional.
to put it simply, the right people will get you. you will not have to fight for breadcrumbs of love. you will not have to beg for attention. the right people will love you freely and easily, and will carve out space in their life for you. the right people will check up on you on your bad days & laugh with you on your good. you will find friends who embrace every part of you, and who will push you to grow. someday, any trace of those who hurt you will be filled with warmth from those who never will.
Perfume bottles from Sir Henry Wellcome’s Museum Collection.