Czeslaw Milosz, Notes.
It is so cruel that we think we’re wasting time when we’re doing something that we love and that does not have any materialistic returns
vagueposting about people but in approval
Leo Berne
Greta is the best, but she shouldn’t have to be the adult in the situation.
david byrne: if you were really smart you’d know what to do when i say
david byrne: *says nothing*
open a new window somewhere in the world.
I’m sick and tired of being called “mortal” like, you don’t know that. Neither do I. I have never died even ONCE. Nothing has been proven yet. Stop making assumptions. It’s rude.
love + vulnerability:
1. “I don’t want your love unless you know I am repulsive, and love me even as you know it.” (georges bataille, from ‘my mother’)
2. “Finally, in a low whisper, he said, “I think I might be a terrible person.” For a split second I believe him - I thought he was about to confess to a crime, maybe murder. Then I realized that we all think we might be terrible people. But we only reveal this before asking someone to love us. It is a kind of undressing.“ (miranda july, from ‘the first bad man’)
3. “I also learned the word dendrochronology—analyzing the patterns of tree rings to know everything that has ever happened to a tree. This is how I love you. I am peeling back my skin, layer by layer, so you will finally know everything inside me.” (roxanne gay, from ‘strange gods’)