“I feel very small. I don't understand. I have so much courage, fire, energy, for many things, yet I get so hurt, so wounded by small things.”
Anaïs Nin, from nearer the moon: the previously unpublished unexpurgated diary,1937-1939
“I have died for the smallest things. Nothing washes off”
Angela Jackson, from "The Love of Travelers," And All These Roads Be Luminous: Poems Selected and New
“The more you love your own decisions the less you need others to love them.”
— Unknown
—finding beauty in being alive
agatha christie // salman toor // lawrence lee magnuson // mary oliver // charlotte ager // fernando pessoa // david hettinger // joseph campbell
—memories
the milk train doesn’t stop here anymore by tennessee williams // holly warburton // holly warburton // memory for forgetfulness by mahmoud darwish // before sunset (2004) // calling a wolf a wolf by kaveh akbar // teodor axentowicz // anne magill // the song of achilles by madeline miller
—touch
wasted by maya hornbacher // portrait of a lady on fire (2019) // maurice (1987) // francis forever by mitski // before sunrise (1995) // but i’m a cheerleader (1999) // little weirds by jenny slate // my first summer (2020) // god’s own country (2017) // fade into you by mazzy star
—mothers
ijeoma umebinyuo // hyatt moore // class of 2013 by mitski // i, tonya (2017) // ? // gustav klimt // ? // lady bird (2017) // i remain in darkness by annie ernaux
every time i see this image it makes me happy
or this one
This truly is how Virgo Venus people see love