"Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not."
-Donna Tartt; The Secret History
I don't want to be a productive member of society. I want to be a poet and a menace.
When Beatrice said “I would eat his heart in the marketplace." ” I felt that
me looking at the person i like: i am enamored even with the way your fingers move, with the way the light plays on your skin, with your freckles and your smile and your laughter, with your voice, with how you get around the things you love, with your humor, me aloud: what’s up asshole
Hearing “I’m so proud of you” when you feel like you aren’t doing enough really does lift a lot of weight off of you.
the secret history in a nutshell:
I have no idea how to rest. 🧍🏽♀️
I don’t know what I am without my textbooks. 🧍🏽♀️
Ewan Fernie, The Demonic: Literature and Experience
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friends.”
— Albert Camus
Dear scientists,
Please, for the love of God, please, make your papers more understandable.
Fuck you
Sincerely,
A college student on the verge of tears
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