"I wish you joy" Jane Austen, from a letter to her brother Frank (26 July 1809)
Natalie Díaz, from “exhibits from The American Water Museum”, Postcolonial Love Poem
can you infodump to me? (i love you) is this overwhelming? (i love you) is this the right texture? (i love you) is it ok to touch you? (i love you) do you want the subtitles on? (i love you) do you want to go somewhere less noisy? (i love you)
“The oldest olive tree in the world located on the island of Crete. It is estimated to be as over 3,000 years old and still produces olives.”
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October : Dark Academia
- annotating your copy of Dracula with a spectacle resting at the bridge of your nose while the fairy like knots of your auburn hair flutters in the chilly autumn breeze.
- crushing the wilted leaves on the pavements under your doc martens as the crunch of it awakens vintage polaroid pictures, dates, memories and a surge of nostalgia washes over you.
- playing with your old gold coin pendant that rests so delicately over the warm fabric of your favourite black turtleneck while you read Sylvia Plath.
- scribbling your incoherent thoughts in the flushed yellow pages of your journal tainted with coffee rings while the aroma of freshly baked cookies wafts through the air from the neighbourhood french bakery.
- relishing in the smell of petrichor when occasional showers of rain find its way to make the days even better.
- Reading literature to satisfy the curiosity of your ghost-filled heart, under the light of a twisted candle carving a halo on the face with a deep scarlet tinged lips who, eons ago had become one with the earth for hiding secrets in their hearts and potions.
“Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
— Mo Willems
Balekin: Engage your enemy!
Cardan: On it!
Cardan, slips ring in Jude's finger: Will you ma-
Balekin: NOT LIKE THAT
Not to be the person who screenshots tweets, but no one else seems to have done it yet, which is a shame.
“and in her starry shade of dim and solitary loveliness, I learned the language of another world”
— Lord Byron
“Bursting from the inside in, You and I colliding, Creating electricity, Bolts and bolts exploring your geography, Tingling your heart, exploding in your brain, Piloerections across your pale terrain. Poems encoded in miliseconds, Of energy, of electrons, Pushing through nerves, Veins, Drains, Cells full of life and dear how sweet, Yet the end so near, Never comes.”
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heavenly words
aliferous: (adj.) having wings
apricity: (n.) the warmth of the sun in the winter
aspectabund: (adj.) letting emotion show easily through the face or eyes
aurora: (n.) dawn
balter: (v.) to dance gracelessly, but with enjoyment
cafune: (n.) the act of running your fingers through the hair of someone you love
catharsis: (n.) release of emotional tension
charmolypi: (n.) a mixed feeling of happiness while being sad
diaphonous: (adj.) light, translucent, and delicate
dulcet: (adj.) sweet
ephemeral: (adj.) fleeting
ethereal: (adj.) extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world
eutony: (n.) the pleasantness of a word’s sound
halcyon: (adj.) a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful
illecebrous: (adj.) enticing
irenic: (adj.) promoting peace
kalon: (n.) beauty that is more than skin-deep
kalopsia: (n.) the seeing of things as more beautiful than they actually are
lacuna: (n.) a blank or missing part
lilt: (n.) a pleasant gentle accent
ludic: (adj.) full of fun and high spirits
meraki: (n.) to do something with love or soul
nefelibata: (n.) cloud-walker; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination
nepenthe: (n.) something that makes one forget their sadness
nubivagant: (adj.) wandering in the clouds
numinous: (adj.) feeling fearful yet awed and inspired
orphic: (adj.) beyond ordinary understanding
pyrrhic: (adj.) won at too great a cost
pulchritudinous: (adj.) breathtaking, heartbreaking beauty
scintilla: (n.) a tiny trace or spark of a feeling
selcouth: (adj.) unfamiliar, strange, yet marvelous
sirimiri: (n.) a light drizzle of rain
susurrus: (n.) whispering, murmuring, or rustling
sweven: (n.) a dream
temerate: (v.) to break a bond or promise
viridity: (n.) innocence
yonderly: (adj.) absent-minded
