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Paul Valéry, from a diary entry featured in The Idea of Perfection; The Poetry and Prose of Paul Valéry

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Edgar Allan Poe, from Tamerlane & Other Poems of E. A. P.; “The Sleeper,”

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It's my 14 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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June, 1936 Journals of Anais Nin 1934-1939 [volume 2]

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umetsuba taking their son to the festival 🥹

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I can’t believe that they’re back

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Virginia Woolf’s working table, photographed by Gisèle Freund (1965)

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wow i cant believe this is official

WE WON AGAIN

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happy bday to me ✨

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some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

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Maria Gray, from “Bad Nostalgia”

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i want to shake many young women and say you can grow in private. and what i mean by that is that you don’t have to publicly self-flagellate when you don’t know something or when you say something a little insensitive or whatever else. you don’t have to report your Bad Thoughts and Ignorance to the crowd who waits to judge you. you do not have to pay penance. you do not have to issue public statements. nothing more is gained from burying yourself in shame than you could gain by thinking “oh i don’t know about this” and looking it up real quick, or thinking “hm, that wasn’t how i want to behave, i’ll do different next time” and then moving on with your life. no need to choke yourself with it.

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i’m taking this exam that could be life-changing. should i do it?

this year is my saturn return and i have aries in the 9th house

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sometimes life puts you in the same situation again to see if you’re still a dumbass

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You’re healing every time you

get out of bed because there’s something you’re excited about.

don’t think about people who left.

clean the clutter in the room and dishes in your sink.

smile at yourself and random people.

do something kind and out of the blue to make someone happy.

work out or meet with friends even though you have no energy to.

calm yourself down when your thoughts race.

remember to drink water.

don’t dwell on things you can’t control.

do things good for yourself, even though you have no motivation.

tell yourself that you’re growing from this, and you won’t feel like this forever.