life is vision close pursued by will

is there any more damning criticism of an academic book than the solitary question mark pencilled in the margin

every morning i wake up & get my coffee & i recite in my head this excerpt from ‘invitation,’ by mary oliver:  “it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world.” & i just say it over & over again until it sticks to my mind for the rest of the day. it is a serious thing. i am alive. i am so lucky. this fresh morning i get the chance to live again & again & again

Experiencing burnout in an area you love doesn’t mean you are no longer passionate about that thing, or are any less good at it. It’s often an indication that there are other parts of your life that need your care. A garden looks most beautiful when every flower is watered, and you deserve to nourish yourself in the same way. You will flourish again.

normalize not making sense. I’ve never had one (1) coherent thought in my life. fantastic.

When anaïs nin said "love never dies a natural death" and when victor hugo said "the supreme happiness of life is conviction that we are loved" and when donna tartt said "if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own" and when robert frost said "love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired"