Procrastinating since '97

16 April, 1939 Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov

To all my girls who feel like they’ve hit rock bottom, there’s nothing stronger to push you forward than yourself and your perseverance.

— Saddiq Dzukogi, from Book Three, Bakandamiya

It reads, "I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers / flow in the right direction, will the earth turn / as it was taught, and if not how shall / I correct it? / / Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven, / can I do better? / / Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows / can do it and I am, well, / hopeless. / / Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it, / am I going to get rheumatism, / lockjaw, dementia? / / Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing. / And gave it up. And took my old body / and went out into the morning, / and sang." End ID.]

how can i ever complain about anything when this is my way to work

Juansen Dizon, i am the architect of my own destruction

Christa Wolf, from her essay collection titled "One Day a Year: 1960–2000," originally published in 2003

An ode to Mary Oliver

Bookstores and seashores

with that i hope you all continue working towards your dreams! whether you want to become a translator or just watch a few more movies in your target language, you can do it. i know you have it in you.

I am a collection of my personal “what ifs” trying to be “this is how”