You came into my life – not as one comes to visit (you know, ‘not taking one’s hat off’) but as one comes to a kingdom where all the rivers have been waiting for your reflection, all the roads, for your steps.
— Vladimir Nabokov, Letters to Véra
journal of my other self, rainer maria rilke / zarina situmorang / my brother my wound, natalie diaz / beekeeping, sara eliza johnson / the lights v, truls espedal / bluets, maggie nelson / the apparition, james tissot / crush, richard siken / the song of achilles, madeline miller
Ellen Bass, "The Thing Is"
are you free tonight
i woul do anything to be free
on shame and yearning (pt.2)
letters to milena by franz kafka // camouflage by ron hicks // the golden notebook by doris lessing // ? // a letter to galatea kazantzaki by nikos kazantzakis
If this pops up while you’re scrolling, I wish you unconditional love and massive success.
Marina Tsvetaeva, from Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922; “A Hero of Labor”
﹙ Text ID: I’ll cry about this earth in heaven too.﹚
The Moon That Turns You Back, Hala Alyan
Barry X Ball, Purity, 2008. Made from White Iranian Onyx.