on death with 1. lilies abounded, @petfurniture, twitter; 2. frances molina, “o’death”
you are sunlight through a window, which i stand in, warmed. (the miniaturist, jessie burton)
unlove’s the heavenless hell and homeless home, e. e. cummings / take me to church, hozier / down to agincourt, seperis / @seraphpng / @nephrosoupp / i’ll give you the sun, jandy nelson / scheherazade, richard siken / clifford prince king / the sower, vincent van gogh / the song of achilles, madeline miller / the diary of anaïs nin (volume iv), anaïs nin / the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, taylor jenkins reid
you only ever see your body in the mirror but that reflection isn't even your body
rainer maria rilke // virginia woolf // safia elhillo // rainer maria rilke // jandy nelson // ricki cummings // anna swir // sylvia plath //
1. After My Brother’s Death, I Reflect on the Iliad - Elisa Gonzalez / 2. It - Stephen King / 3. The Sick Child - Edvard Munch / 4. The Sky Is Everywhere - Jandy Nelson / 5. Killing Flies - Michael Dickman
—I'll Give You The Sun, Jandy Nelson
—Crush, Richard Siken
—If We Were Villains, M. L. Rio
—Will Remember You, Sarah McLachlan
—I'll Give You The Sun, Jandy Nelson
silent, implicit love
You're never going to be back home again.
I’ll Give You The Sun, Jandy Nelson | Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami | White Oleander, Janet Fitch | Homesick, Noah Kahan | Sick, Jody Chan | Chrystal Light, Erin Hanson | First Dog in Space, Brennig Davies | It's Not A Game/It's Just A Ride, Ride The Cyclone | Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin | “La Cueva”, Lessons on Expulsion, Erika L. Sánchez | Fiery grass against a blue sky, Casey Lee | That's Enough, Let's Get You Home, Will Wood | Journal of a Solitude, May Sarton | Faithful and Virtuous night, Louise Glück | Ask Polly: Help, I'm the Loneliest Person in the World!, Heather Havrilesky | Hammerhead, Penelope Scott
you need to be earnest. you need to tell people that you love them. you need to speak on how you’re feeling honestly. you need to be sentimental. you need to stop letting the fear of other people laughing at you have so much control over how you express yourself. you need to get over yourself. you need to be embarrassing but true.
