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going home isn’t an option

my tears ricochet - taylor swift / looking for alaska (2019) / dead poets society (1989)

— Jeanette Winterson, from Written on the Body

I just read a post saying something- I'm not an early bird or a night owl, I'm just some permanently exhausted pigeon. Harsh but yes.

Consider:

They get you

09.25.21 | determination

i’m determined to make today a good day. i’ve been quite productive in reading 1984 by george orwell for my modern and contemporary british and irish literature class. i want to get through as much of the book as i can today so i can genuinely enjoy meeting my friend for dinner tonight and getting ice cream with my roommate tomorrow.

today is going to be a good day.

at my funeral, the audience will watch my favourite comfort movie and whoever checks their phone first gets disinherited.

the end of august/beginning of september smells like a brimming cup of tea, new textbooks, and autumn slowly approaching

I just think that blue mycena mushrooms

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intangible - madisen kuhn

List (Hong Sang-soo, 2011)

Your poets? Dead. Your history? Secret. Your darlings? Killed. You? Probably not straight

"Ghosts don't haunt people- their memories do."

- Alexandra Bracken, Never Fade

Don't let potential be written on your tombstone.

oh you’re a writer? how’s doing everything you can to avoid writing going?

Hey, academics. The start of the academic year is rolling around, so I would like to remind you all to look after yourselves. Prioritise your well-being this year and remember that you’re valued.