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I felt as soft as a summer day, all bloom and scent, all joy of being.

Anaïs Nin, from The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. I 1931-1934

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The Isabel corset and silk ruffled panties from Angela Friedman lingerie <3

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Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn't have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn't have to be a walk during which you'll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don't find meaning but "steal" some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn't make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.

Albert Camus, from Notebooks 1951-1959

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brown works so hard and does so much and everyone is so mean to her. coffee chocolate hair leather tea wood eyes broth a warm coat autumn leaves caramelized onions the crust on a loaf of bread. all things good and warm and kind are brown. bitch!

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little pink dresses >>> 𝜗𝜚 ‧₊˚ ⊹

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Marina Tsvetaeva, from "Homesickness", Selected Poems (trans. Elaine Feinstein, with Angela Livingstone) [ID'd]

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manifesting

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Legs Over High Tor, Matlock Bath, 1976

Paul Hill

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Vita Sackville-West, from Complete Works of Vita Sackville-West

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“These days I occupy myself with frivolities. I serve the goddess of beauty, hoping she may grant me gifts. I work for a dazzling skin, vibrant hair, and good health.”

— Henry and June by Anaïs Nin

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“source?” divine intuition, gut instinct, and cryptic symbolism from my dreams

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me core

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Miami spring break, 2009.

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