Bethany

— Sylvia Plath, from “The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath”

— Ocean Vuong, from On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“THE SOFTNESS OF MOONLIGHT, THE STRENGTH OF THE SUN” at the first national march on washington for lesbian and gay rights, photographed by larry butler, october 1979

Boy on the street, Naples, Italie, 1961 par le photographe allemand Herbert List (1903-1975)

Friendly reminder: when people say ‘as long as you tried your best’ it doesn’t mean ‘the best you could possibly have done ever’ it means ‘the best you were capable of at the time.’ Sometimes ‘trying your best’ is just getting out of bed in the morning. Just because you weren’t working yourself to the bone doesn’t mean you weren’t trying your best. 

Contemporary Japanese illustrator Sanae Sugimoto.

March 1995. ‘What makes a good finale? Gowns that look just as good on the way out.’

— The Rules of Life, Fay Weldon 

The Quiet World by Jeffrey McDaniel (transcript under the cut) 

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— Adrienne Rich (via quotemadness)

NOT EVERYTHING FEELS LIKE SOMETHING ELSE

Corsican vendetta corsa knife inscribed “ Che la mia ferita sia Mortale “ (May my wound be mortal), early 20th century.

from Czerny’s International Auction House