Tricky

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

Albert Dubout - A Cat

[Text ID: Last night, I ate dinner with my friend Jenny. In real life, on a warm London evening, forking up aubergine from the same plate. We laughed, shared family news, told each other the things we’d been worrying over. At home, alone in my study, they’d felt insurmountable, a sign that something was irredeemably wrong with me. Under the gentle scrutiny of my friend, they diminished to a normal size: just the grit of everyday traffic with other humans. I walked home feeling buoyant, nearly invincible. I need my friends. I bet you need yours.]

Truest thing ever unfortunately

What you do… What you do, Nicky, when you love someone is you believe the person that you love. That’s what trust is. So when you told me that you believed me, I believed you. Instead of looking at a catalog of all the things you’ve said in the past because I am fucking seeing you in the moment, in every moment. I am looking at you, and you just… you don’t fucking do that for me. You don’t. You just… You chose a version of me a long time ago, and that’s all I am, and… then you get… you get frustrated when I’m not it because then you don’t know who to be, and you know what? It’s bad, Nicky. It’s a bad fucking quality because you have made it impossible, impossible for me to exist! SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN (2026) Created by Haley Z. Boston

when i grow up i wanna be a dandelion

happy anniversary

self-compassion: an antidote to shame mb