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to the look what you made me do music video and researching every single easter egg in it. to the first hozier album and listening to it loud in my newly reformed childhood bedroom. to the last time I played with dolls, the last season of my little pony I felt I was too old to watch. to binging gilmore girls in my parents' bedroom while following diy tutorials.

to learning how to paint with watercolors, playing the ukulele and never being able to belt sing. to the buckled canson papers and the drawings I threw off, the failed attempts at writing. to all the romantic comedies I watched and to thinking I'd never find love. to the times me and my friends hung out past twilight, to spending all night laughing and telling stories.

to norman fucking rockwell, arctic monkeys, the black parade and the folklore love triangle. to the friends and family members I miss. to my first and current boyfriend and us going together to the university we always wanted. to when I packed my bags and to the first times I said goodbye to my parents at the airport. to jane eyre, little women and anne of green gables - all the coming of age novels that helped me survive it. to making new friends and acquiring new skills, cooking and getting to places by myself.

to seeing the barbie movie with my childhood best friend. to the eras tour and the essay I read about it today, the writer said it was like getting her girlhood back, and I felt the same when I attended. although I may say mine isn't gone yet, she's leaving. I'll try my best to make her want to linger around a bit longer.

to feeling I am learning how to grow alongside the things I once loved instead of being ashamed of them. to every moment, song, movie, and book these seven years had to offer. to them, I dedicate the last day of the last one of my teens.

#girlhood #taylor swift #hozier #literature #turning 20 tomorrow and I'm terrified of it

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Her eyes were the eyes of one who can remember; one whose childhood does not fade like a dream, nor whose youth vanishes like a sunbeam. She would not take life, loosely and incoherently, in parts, and let one season slip as she entered on another: she would retain and add; often review from the commencement, and so grow in harmony and consistency as she grew in years.

Villette - Charlotte Brontë

#classic literature #literature #charlotte bronte #villette #dark academia #light academia #literary quotes

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all of those "how little girls actually played" memes are making me appreciate LMM more and more, she was accurately depicting young girls' minds in all their chaotic glory more than a hundred years ago and I still relate so hard, guess it's time to pick up one of her works again

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I've heard she's waiting for her secret lover at the outskirts of town, in a magical cave out of the kingdom's sight (maybe I've been listening to too much ivy by ts and francesca by hozier lately)

#cottagecore #childrens illustration #forest #mosscore #goblincore #watercolor #illustration #original art

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ohhh I'll have to do it, I was just thinking about it today :)) these books are very "mainstream" for the lack of a better word, but I believe that's where most of us start our reading journey and the books that first spark joy in our hearts are the ones that change everything so that's nice :) (for context, I'm 19 y/o now)

the Harry Potter series (5 - 12 years old). i completely disagree with jk rowling's bigotry, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy her books growing up... they were so important to me, and, honestly, a huge part of my childhood, as those were the books that made me love reading. I can't help but love them not only for that but also for the memories they helped me create. I read them with my mom, who loves them, and alone more times than I can count. loving Harry Potter was a personality trait, and I don't regret it, as there's nothing more beautiful than the unconditional love we feel for stuff when we are young

Jane Eyre (15). I honestly need to reread it, but this was the book that made me love classics and period stuff, especially coming of age novels (and they're now my favorite genre :)). I was intimidated by it at first, but then I just couldn't stop reading, and although I don't remember specific parts of the story now (I really need to get into rereading stuff!!!) I will never forget the impression it made on me and how happy I was while reading it. also, reading it felt very much like talking to an older sister, that's what I love about first person narratives :)

The Catcher in the Rye (16). I'm not from an English speaking country, so I didn't read it because school made me do it. but it was one of the first books I read in its original language, and it felt so good being able to understand it! this year, I read Franny and Zooey and Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters, both in English, and I value this skill a lot. reading these books also made me love visiting lesser known books from an author's catalog. I feel like I understand Holden Caulfield and what he means so much more now that I know Seymour Glass, and that's very rewarding. I love Salinger's depictions of being young and feeling lost, but also all the beautiful small moments that make it worth it

Little Women (17). this one was a gift from my boyfriend, so that makes it even more special :) he got me such a beautiful edition full of footnotes about history and illustrations, and that made the experience of reading it even better!! this book reminded me how much I love reading when I needed it the most, it made me feel all the emotions so deeply. I identified with the characters, but at the same time, it transported me to a completely different place. I read it during winter, cuddled up in a blanket, for hours and hours, even missed online school to keep reading. just the most wholesome experience ever, and most of the time all I want is to recreate it

the Anne series (16 - 18). those books kept me company during difficult times, from the pandemic to moving out of my hometown for college. Anne is so dear to my heart, and growing up with her was a priceless experience. I learned so much just being with her, and I'm sad I finished the series. during the time i spent reading, she was more than a character, as I saw her very much like a best friend. I plan on rereading all the books as soon as possible, but I want to make it special - maybe I'll keep it on hold for when i'm in my last year of college, as it will be a transitional period. well, all I can say is there's no better company than Anne when you're going through a difficult time, and it's just so powerful that a book can leave such a mark on you. I'm glad Anne and all of the other characters and stories that made me who I am exist :)

Extra: The Goldfinch (19). I don't think I'd be even thinking about the topic of art that makes us who we are if I hadn't read this book this year. it made me feel the same joy I felt when reading classic coming of age tales, like David Copperfield and Little Women, but not as if it was trying to "copy" that vibe. I think about this book and its message all the time, and it was just SO GOOD I had to mention it

New Tag Game

List 5 books that made you The Way You Are (got this idea from another old post). You don't have to explain why if it's cringe/too personal, but I'm curious about how old you were when you read it, if you're comfortable adding that!

The Emily series by LM Montgomery (duh) (11 y/o)

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (13 y/o)

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (12 y/o)

The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien (14 or 15 y/o)

Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones (16 y/o)

Tagging @batrachised @daydreamingandprocrastination @blackcatwalking @kehlana-wolhamonao3 @outpastthemoat @thesweetnessofspring @mollywog and anyone else who wants to respond!!

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She sat stirring her drink and feeling unclose to me. She worries over the way her love for me comes and goes, appears and disappears. She doubts its reality simply because it isn't as steadily pleasurable as a kitten. God knows it is sad. The human voice conspires to desecrate everything on earth.

Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters - J. D. Salinger

#classic literature #jd salinger #literature #classic lit quotes #the catcher in the rye #franny and zooey

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― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

#one of the best books i've read this year #stephen dedalus #classic literature #i'm obsessed #also one of my new all time favorites

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~ but the fact remains that you belong to the Golden Age and the old gods

#cottagecore #emily of new moon #literature #lucy maud montgomery

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Now you know, Anne, I always take the ground that us women ought to stand by each other. We've got enough to endure at the hands of the men, the Lord knows, so I hold we hadn't ought to clapper-claw one another, and it isn't often you'll find me running down another woman.

— Cornelia Bryant, original gangster girls girl, Anne’s House of Dreams, Lucy Maud Montgomery

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an adventurous walk through the woods, by me :)

#cottagecore #adventure #watercolor #childrens illustration #goblincore #forest

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This one goes out to those of you enjoying this early autumnal weather and already buying Halloween decorations (yes, you, put down that pumpkin we're still in august!) Etsy Instagram

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currently reading Lucy Maud Montgomery again. finally time for me to take my dresses out of the closet, eat pastries and see some beauty in life even when i feel like i have no energy for it, because with Lucy you have no choice but to feel joy and love and all the good things, and i'm just so grateful she wrote the way she did, and that i get to read it

#cottagecore #lucy maud montgomery #anne of green gables #emily of new moon #classic literature #childrens literature #edwardian #cottagecore books #spring

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words from class of 2013 by mitski

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went on a hike yesterday

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it's always fall in my silly little world :)

(paintings by me ^-^ please don't repost without credit!)

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