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it’s kind of deeply depressing that there exists this entire vast subculture of progressive-learning 15-19 year olds online who are legitimately filled with anxiety over their media consumption diet and closely monitor themselves and others to make sure nothing they consume is Problematic™ lest they be ousted from their social circles. at the exact age where it’s actually good to have a varied media diet and be able to critically engage with harmful elements, too

fuck this handmaids tale country.

sometimes the word count changing from 0 to 1 is a big accomplishment

“I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.”

— David Levithan, Every Day

when oscar wilde said "i'm tired of myself tonight, i should like to be someone else' and when sylvia plath said ''i wish i knew what to do with my life, what to do with my heart" and when rilke said "this heavy humanness" .

“Now I see that it’s time to let you go.”

— Ella Henderson; Lay Down

“Once the Romans believed that noon was the ghost hour, and I can believe it, too, under that startling sun,”

— Anne Sexton, from Live or Die; Little Girl, My String Bean, My Lovely Woman. (via xshayarsha)

City of Westminster, London, England | 2019

NEED THAT

List of Non-sexual forms of intimacy

where am i

*finishes reading a full book in 3 hours* who am i

you are not "too old" or "too young" to b yourself

“When you start to know someone, all their physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in their energy, recognize the scent of their skin. You see only the essence of the person, not the shell. That’s why you can’t fall in love with beauty. You can lust after it, be infatuated by it, want to own it. You can love it with your eyes and your body but not your heart. And that’s why, when you really connect with a person’s inner self, any physical imperfections disappear, become irrelevant.”

— Lisa Unger (via quotemadness)

i love when strangers smile at me and i smile back and we have that nice stranger smiling moment

renaissance in the 21st century

fun prank idea: lay in bed for the rest of your life and ignore reality by reading books and daydreaming all day everyday

some sites for when you’re bored and looking for new music

spotalike creates a playlist based on a song

magicplaylist  creates a playlist based on a song

dubolt  creates a playlist based on an artist

boilthefrog creates a playlist between any two artists 

predominant suggests you albums based on cover art color   

music-map  suggests similar artists

gnoosic  suggests similar artists and songs

“I feel like my life is so scattered right now. Like it’s all the small pieces of paper and someone’s turned on the fan. But, talking to you makes me feel like the fan’s been turned off for a little bit. Like things could actually make sense. You completely unscatter me, and I appreciate that so much.”

— John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson