dark academia is my new aesthetic xx

Officer Goodman deserves recognition for his amazing bravery and selflessness. Because of him, Congress was evacuated safely and no lawmakers were assassinated on that terrible day. He risked everything to save others, and he is a hero.

Taylor Swift’s Albums as Tarot Cards

I’ll make this short. Today a racist idiot burned our car completely. It can only be sold for scrap because the motor, brain and sensors are fried.

We’re a family of black latine immigrants. we did not get any stimulus checks. I was forced to drop out cause I can’t pay for college so I’m using my shop to sustain my family, and without a car this is just so, so much more difficult.

I beg of you. If you’ve ever used these:

Please. please consider boosting and/or donating. I’m in complete shambles over this. 

http://paypal.me/mothcharm  http://ko-fi.com/swordknight  https://mothcharm.bigcartel.com

“We have big, beautiful brains. We invent things that fly. Fly. We write poetry. You probably hate poetry, but it’s hard to argue with ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate’ in terms of sheer beauty. We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about.” ― Nicola Yoon, The Sun is Also a Star

So many quotable quotes here that I had to stop reading several times to allow the words to sink in.

There were bits in it that made me laugh and there were also moments that made me have to go WTF. However, the Epilogue threw me for a loop.

"You are too good for me somehow... I could not make you happy... And though we are here sitting in the same room, there is a great wall between us."

~ keeping a black notebook filled with observations, doodles, poetry fragments, and quotes to remember

~ the otherworldly smell of old books and fresh coffee

~ loafer shoes, single lapel pins, and cozy sweaters

~ drinking a cup of hot tea whilst listening to Chopin or Simon & Garfunkel

~ taking in the rain droplets as they fall upon the windows

~ watching historical documentaries or period pieces on a beautifully cloudy day

~ a brown messenger bag filled with notebooks, black-ink pens, train or bus tickets, and stamps

~ decorating your walls with old maps, ticket stubs, polaroids, and vintage postcards

~ reading mary shelley, richard siken, oscar wilde, donna tartt, or edgar allan poe in the park