art will save you, being unreasonably passionate about something niche will save you, letting past sources of joy show you the way back to yourself will save you, earnestness over composure will save you, the natural world will save you, caring for something bigger than yourself will save you, daring to be seen will save you, kindness not as a whim but a principle will save you, appreciation as a practice will save you, daring to try something new will save you, grounding will save you, love will save you, one good nights sleep will save you

expectations and love is embarrassing are sisters to me

arundhati roy's memoir is equal parts hilarious, horrifying, resonant, demented, and sad-poignant. some things that have stood out to me so far: her anecdote about having to do an abortion without anaesthesia at 22 (lady... wtf do you mean WITHOUT ANAESTHESIA?!! omfg), a hysterical interlude about her real life uncle George Isaac introducing himself to her British agent & publisher by saying "hi, I'm Chacko." (and getting blank looks), one line where she says she was unfazed when she started getting death threats and mass hate from Hindu nationalists because they were simply more public versions of her mother yelling and venting her anger on Roy as a child.

I think almost anything can move me to tears if my heart is open. Like it’s actually insane what can make me cry

“nobody wants to work anymore” yeah because everyone wants to kill themselves