{ Purgatory🥀 }

— isa b. midnight misery

Olivia Tapiero, from her book titled "Nothing At All," originally published in January 2026

No-phones rule, something that seemed like a bizarre restriction at first, ended up being the perfect finishing touch that made this experience uniquely special and bonded us all together. That is exactly how this piece was born – from pure memories, a fleeting moment captured when Perpetua, looking at my tear-stained face and smudged makeup, traced that same gesture across his own face, singing the Lachryma chorus. I believe that was precisely the reason I lost my voice that evening :)

Text ID: I exist, I am, don't come near, I have teeth, I have claws.

Albert Camus, letters to María Casares.

clawposting!!!!! he could help chop the veggies in the kitchen

Welcome to yourself

March 30, 1925 Journals of Anais Nin 1923-1927 [volume 3]

—Vincent van Gogh, in a letter to Theo, his brother (Drenthe, 28 October 1883)