Bell Hooks

“Mad, but beautifully mad, hypnotised by the gaze of the self into self,”

— Carolyn Kizer, from Cool, Calm & Collected: Poems; “Hera, Hung from the Sky,”

Tell Me Something Good, Ocean Vuong

i miss you more than i remember you

clementine von radics / c. c. aurel / miles johnston / ranata suzuki / clementine von radics / sue zhao / madeline miller / lily thula / salma deera / clementine von radics / shelby eileen / jedaleyjd via pinterest / holly warburton / mary oliver / mitski / sea wolf / nickie zimov / the mountain goats

clippings from “women seeking women” personal ads in the baltimore sun, 1995

“These are the days that must happen to you.”

— Walt Whitman (via perfectquote)

I want a named, holy thing to fuck my brains out, to turn my need to be filled up and spread out and hungry into some kind of Grace.

I want to cuss my lover’s name in ecstasy and have it be the prayer I always hoped it was

— Caroline Randall Williams, "Transubstantiate, Redux or, Sublimating Lucy Whilst at Church," Lucy Negro, Redux

“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”

— Steve Maraboli

Logan telling Shiv "You're marrying a man fathoms beneath you because you don't want to risk being betrayed" except Tom does betray her precisely because he know she thinks he's beneath her, ending the season with a hand on her shoulder and his face out of frame exactly like the picture of Shiv and Logan in the opening credits. I'm throwing myself into the sun.

you are so polite with your sadness, you don't want to ruin this for anyone

💙 Sometimes. I used to be very messy, still can be.