cats in bookshops

languages aren’t just made of words. they’re modes of looking at the world. they’re the keys to civilization. and that’s knowledge worth killing for. — babel, by r.f. kuang

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution, by R. F. Kuang

🎧: sparks by coldplay

22.11.2021 • studied, finished writing my assignment. i think i'm a little too obsessed with my new mug. isn't it lovely tho ಥ‿ಥ✧*。

Going to university but make it dark academia

finally here, finally mine 🤎

He’s really determined to stop me from finishing my coursework

i never thought i'd miss this messy, slightly-too-small desk space, but here i am — about to move to a new apartment and feeling nostalgic already.

I'm surviving on caffeine and a cold heart. x

When I'm out and about I will almost invariably order an iced caramel macchiato. You cannot convince me there is a better option.

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it makes studying and working more fun when you’re typing on a cute keyboard hehe ;)

— dark academia aesthetic

"Be brave, be curious, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done” ―Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions