chaotic academia, a concept : scribbling lorde’s lyrics aggressively on a napkin, burning candles and touching the wax with your fingers, getting ink on your white shirt, choosing to stay up to read when you have to wake up four hours later, brewing tea while shivering in your cold kitchen, compiling your last minute notes in a small dark cafe, going out from your home in the rain to buy yourself an umbrella, feeling homesick at home
“Aphrodite, the goddess of breathless romances, of honeyed breaths, of feverishly promised forevers.”
— Nikita Gill, from “Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths & Monsters,”
the disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
not a single vampire boy has slid into my asks and i am immeasurably disappointed
bitches be dedicating their entire life to the dark academia aesthetic in terms of clothing and interests
i’m bitches
put your name as well as the place and date you got it on the first page
if it’s a gift - ask the person who got it for you to write a few words on the first page
carry it in your purse wherever you go, until the edges are worn and the pages stained with tea and raindrops
put on lipstick and kiss a page - the first page, or your favourite page, whichever feels right
underline quotes you love, take notes in the columns
dog-ear your favourite pages or use sticky notes to mark them
spray it with the perfume you wore while reading it - scent is one of our most potent senses and this will link the book in a specific time period of your life (might affect your other books though, so be careful and don’t spray the cover)
write down your impressions on the last few pages right after finishing the book
use a piece of paper with some significance as a bookmark and leave it in the book - I like to use art postcards I get from museum’s shops
Do i own a violin? Yes
Do i know how to play? No
Did i learn as a child but give it up because “it wasn’t helpful and nobody else played it”? Yes
Do i regret that everyday of my life? Also Yes
HAMLET????
i think the sweetest thing someones ever done for me is when my ex wrote me a letter for christmas and its so nice i kept it even after we broke up but theres this bit where they compared us to the sun and moon and idk here it is:
“I’m Sun ‘cause I love positivity and kindness… and you’re the moon. Mysterious, beautiful, enchanting and you light up the dark. You help guide those in darkness like the moon to sailors late at night… Although opposites in quite significant ways (you love english i like maths) they are quite perfect for each other.”
but this is probably the most romantic thing ill get and i love it so u keep it in my purse, yeah ik people say to move on and get rid of things that remind you of your ex but i dont think you always have to especially if you ended on okay terms
lying on the couch
- boring
- feels unproductive
- u just kind of lie there
lying on the couch with a poofy shirt:
- melodramatic
- inherently homoerotic
- oscar wilde is proud
was trying to get some inspiration for a love letter and I found this…the tenderness
does anyone have the post thats a leonard cohen quote talking about being empty