“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.”
— Lao Tzu
Saga
We adore chaos because we love to produce order. - M.C. Escher
in my overwhelmed era
It's a cruel summer...
The Louvre, Lorde // Charlotte Brontë // The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde // The Summer I Turned Pretty, Jenny Han // To the Bone, Dorothy Allison
Feeling inspired by the many shades of green in this stunning mosaic forest by artist Joanne Desheil.
—William C. Faulkner, from As I Lay Dying
stop smiling and tell me how annoying i am
Kaveh Akbar, "Famous Americans and Why They Were Wrong" from Pilgrim Bell
-Benedict Smith, I wish I wrote the way I thought