Do I regret it? Yes.

clap if you're a black hole of a person and have never been satisfied

a book should be $5 a little drink should be $2 and museum access should be free and all hours

i bet it feels good to be an underwater plant just swaying in sync with the flow of water

You ever hear that old chestnut about how most people neglect the part of the story of Icarus where he also had to avoid flying too low, lest the spray of the sea soak his feathers and cause him to fall and drown? You ever think about how different the world would be if Icarus died that way instead? If the idiom was to Fly To Close To The Sea? A warning against playing it far too safe, about not stretching your wings and soaring properly? You ever think about how Icarus died because he was happy?

whenever i look into a historical monarch who doesn’t get talked about much and is just kind of a blank spot in my understanding of the historical narrative, 95% of the time what i find is pure white hot blistering capability. a pencil pusher for the ages. a 39 year reign with no more than three hours of sleep a night. there aren’t any good stories from his reign because he systematically caught and stopped all catastrophic good stories before they could start. you shrimply must respect it

It's easier to begin oppression on those society already does not consider having rights. The poor. The disabled. Children. Immigrants. Prisoners. But the goal of those advocating for oppression is always to make them universal.

just received the best text message I’ve ever had. from my mom