Donna Tartt from The Secret History
The problem with my life was that it was someone else’s idea.
the moments we save
by Denny Bitte
You Jin (Chinese, b. 1979), Rowing Forward, 2011. Oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm.
“THE RAVEN CYCLE: A MAGGIE STIEFVATER DOCUMENTARY” A MOVIE POSTER COLLECTION
his pottery shed
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Hanya Yanagihara, discussing A Little Life (via eenkleinleven)
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“for us, everything was a performance.” a small, private smile catches me off guard and i glance down, hoping he won’t see it. “everything poetic.”
Moon (Feb. 15, 2020)
Hans Holbein c. 1533
The Ambassadors (detail of the Celestial Globe)
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
“Jude,” Harold says to him, quietly. “My poor Jude. My poor sweetheart.” And with that, he starts to cry, for no one has ever called him sweetheart [. . .] “My sweetheart,” Harold says again, and he wants him to stop; he wants him to never stop. “My baby.” And he cries and cries, cries for everything he has been, for everything he might have been”
pg 792, A Little Life
“Are you happy here?“ I said at last. He considered this for a moment. “Not particularly,” he said. “But you’re not very happy where you are, either.”
i have heard a great deal about you, fa mulan. you stole your father’s armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonored the chinese army, destroyed my palace, and… you have saved us all.
@leejordan — will you go to the yule ball with me?
Behind a Little House, by Manuel Cosentino