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For the first time in a long time I’m asking for book recommendations. I’ve read a couple Murakami books recently and would love something light hearted and fun to read. Could also be serious but was thinking YA lit because they are my favorite. I also adore well written books that almost read like poetry. I.e. Jellicoe Road and The Sky Is Everywhere.

Thanks in advance!

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impermanence

we love ourselves so much

we can’t believe in it all

and we give up our own intuition 

I’m dreaming of a place 

that I can exhale into

breathe into

find my own self that’s intact

that won’t fall through the pieces of mind

give me peace on a shrine

give me some kind of artifact 

that’s pretty and

ancient

too delicate

to keep in my home

in a box

out of sun

to never see

it again

that’s what we do with our things

to preserve

then forget

what is inside our boxes

and inside our homes

bulldoze it all

and just start over again

it’s all impermanence

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Rhinestone covered nostalgia

I’m fantasizing about

Rhinestone covered nostalgia

Old friend

Old darling

Can we repair

What once was golden

And so pure

Child-like

Pristine

And charming

Can we restore?

It will take a special kind of care

Be gentle

And skeptical

Cause my heart is so damn delicate

And sensitive

Beyond my steel frame shell

I’m a human

And don’t you remember

the way things used to be?

So curated

Elaborate and

Wholesome

And one

The sum of the parts

That we loved and we cherished

Adored until they perished

So softly

So faintly

We barely even said a fucking thing

Barely acknowledged a fucking thing

Barely fixed a goddamn thing

All the broken things

We’re just broken things

The remains

But that’s okay

I’m okay

We don’t have to repair

What once was there

We’re okay

It’s all okay

Watch the leaves turn to auburn

The leaves fall

And then burn

Away

You’re so far away

And that’s okay

I’m okay

We’re okay

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Hello into the void

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@philiphammondflorist

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“As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.”

— Haruki Murakami (via quotemadness)

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do good without expecting anything back

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Yaeji - Drink I’m Sippin’ On

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art journal entry: (55/70) // “Because people with that much spirit frighten the hell out of me. They make me want to be a better person when I know it’s not possible.” ― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

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“I wish my shadow would get up and walk beside me.”

— Jandy Nelson, The Sky is Everywhere

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Her (2013) directed by Spike Jonze

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Blue Valentine (2010) directed by Derek Cianfrance

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“Sometimes I think I have felt everything I’m ever gonna feel. And from here on out, I’m not gonna feel anything new. Just lesser versions of what I’ve already felt.”

Her (2013) Spike Jonze

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Who else is still dying over this soundtrack and movie???? Who else is crying right now?

Arcade Fire | Photograph 

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Pink studio apartment in Washington | photos by Laura Metzler

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people who hate chatty cats are the worst like. your small friend is singing a song just for you! they have things to say! listen to them

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Reblogging old feelings that are still relevant

Sometimes I’ll be sitting in a circle of people. People who are my friends, people who are kind and thoughtful and fun to talk with. But sometimes my stomach tilts on its side and tells me I don’t belong. And suddenly, instead of being with these nice people, I feel very alone. Like I can’t sincerely laugh or talk or contribute to a thing. Whenever this happens I want to be home, even though I don’t have one place solely suiting that purpose. I want to escape the circle of people because I don’t like sitting there without words in my mouth. How silly it is to feel this way, but it happens more often than naught and I don’t know how to make it disappear.