SADNESS IN THE OTHER

the CONCEPT of henry cheng observing gansey from afar for a LITERAL YEAR trying to best decide how to become lifelong friends with him and then deciding that the BEST and ONLY MOVE was to bring gansey into a convenient & historical PIT on school grounds, give him exposure therapy via robotic bee, and THEN exchange life-ruining secrets while standing in the dark close enough 2 kiss remains the funniest and gayest sequence of events in literary history and only improves in quality every time i read it

ancient peoples loooved a flood narrative it was kinda like their beatles

when rita dove said “Fact is, the invention of women under siege / has been to sharpen love in the service of myth. / If you can’t be free, be a mystery.” i felt that. i felt that. i felt that.

maybe next year instead of amateur fireworks on every block for hours and hours we can try holding up a single beautiful flower

Its actually possible that any tense quiet young woman you meet might have an insane social media account she is addicted to posting her everything to. Who knows

the annoying thing about weightlifting is that you have to lift weights that are a little too heavy for you if you want to get stronger. and you have to push yourself outside of your comfort zone in order to keep building muscle. fucked up.

thank god this same principle doesnt apply to any other skill you want to improve at! that would really suck.

too many stories about turning yourself into a monster as a metaphor for pretending to be something you aren't and losing yourself in the process. not enough stories about turning yourself into a monster as a metaphor for choosing to openly embrace yourself even if it's strange to other people