when Charles Bukowski wrote— “ i often carry things to read / so that i will not have to look at / the people. ” i felt that.
GOOD GOD, THAT'S SO ACCURATE
If the Secret History was set nowadays, Bunny would annoy everyone with his duolingo lessons, Henry would physically get sick at the mention of any e-reader, Camilla would be a Lana del rey girly, Richard would listen to "this is me trying" while having insomnia, Charles would be a filmbro and judge anyone who hasn't seen Interstellar and Francis would have a crush on hot priest from Fleabag
The urge to learn every language and play every instrument and travel the world and live through every historical time period and be a writer and a poet and an actor and
Cupid & Psyche by Jacob Matham (1607)
Do you think that while Francis is a very careful driver because he's anxious and overly preoccupied with his safety, Henry instead drives fast and recklessly because he never really valued his life that much and doesn't even care about getting hurt
born to be a henry winter forced to be a richard papen
day 129 of missing henry winter
(n.) the delusion of things being more beautiful than they really are
Martín Rico y Ortega (Spanish, 1833-1908)
Ca’ Rezzonico, Venezia
Perhaps I romanticize this state of loneliness so much that it becomes too beautiful.
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