finn saying the same line in “IT” and “stranger things” is the best thing ever
My 13 year old cousin came back from a date with her boyfriend and said, "I can't wait to grow up and spend sunday afternoons with him." At first, I wanted to laugh (after all they're just 13), but I remember being 13 and having the world in my hands. I remember getting excited to talk to someone about my dreams and wishes, and how happy these daydreams and fantasies made me. There's this innocence you can only have at 13 and the world rises and falls and crashes and burns every year... until you do not think about quiet sunday afternoons.
So I asked her about the date and heard her giggle about bubblegum flavored ice cream, and how much she loves this little life. I think she makes me love it too.
-Ritika Jyala, excerpt from The world is a sphere of ice and our hands are made of fire
— Paul Guest, from “1987.”
— Cormac McCarthy, from “The Road.”
Not to sound like a fuckin hippie but please for the love of god start noticing and appreciating the natural world around you. You don’t have to go hike the entire Appalachian trail or anything and I get that not everyone has access to the outdoors for various reasons, but just fucking … look around you when you’re outside. Notice the sky and the sun and the birds and creatures. Start caring about them. I’m begging you.
To love someone is firstly to confess: I'm prepared to be devastated by you.
~ Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, from “Crime and Punishment”, originally published c. 1866.
It is okay to say no to your responsibilities every once in a while. You're okay and things will be okay. Nothing horrible will happen if you give yourself a break every now and then. On the contrary, you'll probably end up feeling more focused and centered if you let yourself catch your breath. Stay in bed. Drink all the tea and coffee your heart desires. Play some videogames. Read a book. Eat some candy. Make your favourite hearty stew and eat it with freshly baked sourdough bread (store-bought is one hundred percent fine). Take a whole day for yourself and do it without guilt. Let yourself be human today.
Ada Limón, from “Calling Things What They Are”, The Hurting Kind
— Ocean Vuong, Reasons for Staying
[text ID: Because this mess I made I made with love.]
