“I put my hand on my chest and closed my eyes. I have a dinosaur heart, cold, massive, indestructible, a thick meaty red. And I have a glass heart, tiny and pink, that can be shattered… There was a ping. To my surprise, it had developed a minute crack, nearly invisible. But it was there, and it hurt.”
— Louise Erdrich, The Sentence
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my b&w edit of “Nestling” by MariannaInsomnia
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“Growing up, I used to climb out my window onto the roof and look up at the stars. There, in the quiet, I would write stories inside my head.”
— Christy Hall, The Little Silkworm
Untitled, painting by ABeardedArtist
André Gide - It's a matter of courage
“I am seized by two contradictory feelings: there is so much beauty in the world it is incredible that we are ever miserable for a moment; there is so much shit in the world that it is incredible we are ever happy for a moment.”
— Zadie Smith, Feel Free
I'm a little starstruck, there will be nothing but fear and darkness, AND ME. It's not your turn to be believed in.