‘Don’t Beg For Sympathy From A Cruel World, Rise And Resist’

— Children of Shatila (1998) by Mai Masri

“Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off, but it’s better if you do.”

Natalie Portman in Closer (2004) dir. Mike Nichols

u know what makes me cry..... that one van gogh quote about life changing for the better..... “many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. and it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘what do i care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ yes, evil often seems to surpass good. but then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. one morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. and so i must still have hope.” yeah..... Crying....

starting a collection. pierre talking to natasha in war and peace

— July 31, 1917 / Franz Kafka diaries

Monet's pink paintings.

“Perhaps love is to give one’s own solitude to other, for it is the very last thing we have to offer.”

– Clarice Lispector

And then they kissed