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My non-fiction read of May is still relevant as ever

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Devon Aoki, 2000 | © Nick Haymes

The floor being this is what I deserve on a very foundational level. So instead of collapsing into the arms of the man who soothes your nervous system. You keep your standards intact. Your legs remain closed. Your heart remains guarded, until time reveals this mans true intentions. Because when you give a man you’ve just met your everything, he’ll drop you every time. Time will be your greatest teacher when it comes to men. So instead of picking yourself up of the floor wondering what the hell just happened, you raise your standards. You do better and you remember, feeling safe is the floor not the ceiling.

ᴀɴɴᴀ ɴiᴄᴏʟᴇ ꜱᴍiᴛʜ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʟiɴɢ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ ᴅʀᴇꜱꜱᴇꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰᴀꜱʜiᴏɴ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ, 2005 🐇

Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

Fleur du Mal | Juliet • in silk + lace • frosted mint colour