“I Think Literature Is Best When It’s Voicing What We Would Prefer Not To Talk About.”

“You cannot always be happy but you can always be brave. And that is the beginning of everything.”

— Unknown

— Peonies, by Mary Oliver

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”

— William G.T. Shedd

“There are a few things in life so beautiful they hurt: swimming in the ocean while it rains, reading alone in empty libraries, the sea of stars that appear when you’re miles away from the neon lights of the city, bars after 2am, walking in the wilderness, all the phases of the moon, the things we do not know about the universe, and you.”

— Beau Taplin, “And You”

Ruminations on Godhood & Girlhood: How does a girl become real?

Kristin Chang// Mary Queen of Scots dir. Josie Rourke// Hippolytos translated by Anne Carson// Agnes of God, John Pielmeyer// Romeo and Juliet dir. Franco Zefferelli// Richard Siken// Gwendolyn Macewen// Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn Black Madonna by Magdalena Walulik//Weeping Madonna statue//The Archetypes” Marina and the Diamonds// Joan of Arc mural// Kristin Chang// The Philadelphia Story dir. George Cukor// Nikki Giovanni

Dreams flooded over me; I lay weary and hopeless in my bed.

Franz Kafka