On Love And Devotion

on love and devotion

unknown // richard siken, litany in which some things are crossed out // hera lindsay bird, I KNEW I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU SHOWED ME YOUR MINECRAFT WORLD // warsan shire // clementine von radics, the next time we talk on facebook // amal el-mohtar and max gladstone, this is how you lose the time war // k.c. cramm, christmas eve forever

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bellsofysa

7 months ago

Excerpt from "Dear, Dear Brenda: The Love Letters of Henry Miller to Brenda Venus" by Henry Miller.
"I need you like sin."

Lyrics from "We're In Love" by boygenius.
"Will you still love me if it turns out I'm insane?"

"Agnus Dei" (1631) oil painting by Francisco de Zurbarán. A lamb lays on a gray background with all four of its legs tied in front of it with a rope. It has short, off white fur and horns that extend below its jaw and curve around its head.

Excerpt from Katie Maria's "I used to be a hole in the ground."
"It's winter. You ask me about / love / and I tell you about / violence. // I'm sorry. // I thought that's what love was."

Excerpt from Rafael Nicolás's "Angels Before Man."
"'We could have had eternity, we could have had forever with one another, we could have counted every ripple in the sea.' / Michael cried, still saying stop, stop. / 'Together-we could have done it. We-We-It could have been us on that Throne. We could have been happy. We could have rebuilt Heaven. We could have had everything-"

Film still from "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" (2019) directed by Céline Sciamma.
Marianne (right; played by Noémie Merlant) holds Héloïse's (left; played by Adèle Haenel) face in her hands. She leans her forehead against Héloïse's as they both cry. They are standing on the shore of a beach. There is a rocky cliff visible on the right side of the screen.
Marianne is a young woman wearing a red dress with white accents around the collar. She has long, brunette hair that has been tied into a messy bun. She stands on the right side of the screen.
Héloïse is a young woman wearing a green dress with white accents around the collar. She has curly, blonde hair that has been tied into a bun. She stands on the left side of the screen.

A text message from Kate Moss to Pete Doherty.
Written in messy, black pen ink on a white wall above a set of white tiles reads, "YOU'RE IN MY VEINS, / YOU FUCK"

Excerpt from "Antigone" by Sophocles.
"Ismene. Oh, forgive me, Antigone. I've come back. I'll be brave. I'll go with you now. / Antigone. Where will you go with me? / Ismene [to CREON]. Creon! If you kill her, you'll have to kill me too. / Antigone. Oh, no, Ismene. Not a bit of it. I die alone. You don't think I'm going to let you die with me after what I've been through? You don't deserve it. / Ismene. If you die, I don't want to live. I don't want to be left behind, alone."

Excerpt from Joan Didion in "South and West."
[...] "years, and I think we most fully understood each other when once I tried to kill him with a kitchen knife. I remember spending the whole" [...]

Excerpt from "Editors Pages: The Long and Short of It" by Richard Siken.
"I've been rereading your story. I think it's about me in a way that might not be flattering, but that's okay. We dream and dream of being seen as we really are and then finally someone looks at us and sees us truly and we fail to measure up. Anyway: story received, story included. You looked at me long enough to see something mysterioso under all the gruff and bluster. Thanks. Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them."

Lyrics from "Boyish" by Japanese Breakfast.
"[Chorus] / I can't get you off my mind / You can't get yours off the hostess / Watched her lips reserving tables / As my ugly mouth kept running // [Outro] / Love me / Love me"

Still from Alien Stage, "ROUND 6" by VIVINOS.
Ivan (left) holds Till's (right) head with one hand as he leans in to kiss him. They stand on a back lit stage with raindrops falling around them.
Ivan is a young man with black hair. He wears a white turtleneck shirt and a white jacket. His eyes are closed as he kisses Till.
Till is a young man with gray hair. His outfit is not visible. He has a thick, metal collar around his neck and small piercings in his ear. He looks at Ivan with wide eyes.

Excerpt from "I Loved You Before I Was Born" by Li-Young Lee.
"I loved you before I was born. / It doesn't make sense, I know. // I saw your eyes before I had eyes to see. / And I've lived longing for your look ever since. / That longing entered time as this body. / And the longing grew as this body waxed. / And the longing grows as the body wanes. / The longing will outlive this body."

Dialogue from Hannibal episode "Secondo" directed by Vincenzo Natali.
"JACK CRAWFORD / Will understands Hannibal. He accepts him. They accept each other. Who among us doesn't want understanding and acceptance?"

Excerpt from "Francesca" by Hozier.
"I would not change it each time / Heaven is not fit to house a love like you and I / I would not change it each time / Heaven is not fit to house a love like you and I"

YOU'RE IN MY VEINS, YOU FUCK

Henry Miller from a letter to Brenda Venus Dear, Dear Brenda: The Love Letters of Henry Miller to Brenda Venus // boygenius We're In Love // Francisco de Zurbarán Agnus Dei // Katie Maria I used to be a hole in the ground (via @heavensghost) // Rafael Nicolás Angels Before Man // Céline Sciamma Portrait de la jeune fille en feu // Kate Moss in a text message to Pete Doherty // Sophocles Antigone // Joan Didion South and West // Richard Siken Editors Pages: The Long and Short of It // Japanese Breakfast Boyish // VIVINOS Alien Stage; "ROUND 6" // Li-Young Lee I Loved You Before I Was Born // Hannibal; "Secondo" dir. Vincenzo Natali // Hozier Francesca

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bellsofysa

6 months ago

lost friends

michael (@bravevolunteer) & abigail

war of the foxes, richard siken / i lost a friend, finneas / the chronology of water: a memoir, lidia yuknavitch / shatter me, tahereh mafi / eighth grade, preston max allen / i still forget we're not even friends, trista mateer / for m, mikko harvey

mutuals may reblog!

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bellsofysa

6 months ago

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bellsofysa

6 months ago

I'll Eat You Up, I Love You So

The Embrace II, Ron Hicks | Henry and June: From “A Journal of Love,” The Unexpurgated Diary (1931-1932) of Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller (@theoptia) | the night belongs to lovers, Ilaria Ratti | Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems, Linda Hogan (@feral-ballad) | Intimacy, Angelica Alzona | Shame is an Ocean I Swim Across, Mary Lambert (@synbeam) | The Kiss, Edvard Munch | Summer Morn in New Hampshire, Claude McKay

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bellsofysa

4 years ago

“Old ways won’t open new doors.”

— Unknown

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bellsofysa

3 years ago

“I will not think less of myself just because you do not know how to love me.”

— Stephanie Chhum

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bellsofysa

6 months ago

Emily L., Marguerite Duras // Bertrand Russell, What Desires Are Politically Important? // Octavio Paz,

Emily L., Marguerite Duras // Bertrand Russell, What Desires are Politically Important? // Octavio Paz, "The House of Glances" // Mitski—Francis Forever // Chen Chen, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities // VIVINOS and QMENG, Alien Stage (Round 6) // Bryan Fuller, Hannibal (2013) // Richard Siken, "Little Monster" // Christa Wolf, Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays // Mitski—I Bet on Losing Dogs

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bellsofysa

4 years ago

If you’re not going to swim deep with me then get out of my waters.

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bellsofysa

4 years ago

hey y’all i made a “which quote about love that makes me go wild are you” quiz if you wanna check it out!!

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bellsofysa

6 months ago