Yet I Am In Love With Words. They Are Doves Falling Out Of The Ceiling.

being compassionate to yourself involves making it a discipline to do the things that you love, no matter how many times you attempt to convince yourself that it’s no use. being compassionate with yourself involves sitting down and writing, even when you feel insecure about the work you’re producing. being compassionate with yourself involves taking a walk outside because you haven’t had any fresh air the whole day. being compassionate with yourself involves committing yourself to learning something new even if it hasn’t gone well many times before. being compassionate with yourself is about committing to the discipline of self-betterment and healing.

Nizar Qabbani

Perfumes for the  Bombshell Scholar/Student/Librarian

Jazz Club by Maison Martin Margiela

1888 Xerjoff

Library by Solstice Scents

Milano Caffe by Abdes Salaam Attars Perfumes

Whispers in the Library by Maison Martin Margiela

O, Unknown! by Imaginary Authors

Coco Eau de Toilette by Chanel

Oeillet Pourpre by Guerlain 

Nirvana Bourbon by Elizabeth and James

Louise Glück, from “Marathon”, Poems 1962 - 2012

“The earth turned to bring us closer, it spun on itself and within us, and finally joined us together in this dream.”

— Eugenio Montejo, from “The Earth Turned to Bring Us Closer,” The Trees: Selected Poems (Salt Publishing, 2004)

I remembered the capabilities I possess and everything is gonna be okay

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“Even before I touch you: how you start to imitate the way the ground fog wavers across the grass. Some nights the dew seems to soak the stars. Your laugh settling in the corners. Your words weeding the flowers.”

— Richard Jackson, from “Things I Forgot to Put on My Reminder List,” The Heart as Framed: New and Select Poems (Press 53, 2022)