"I Love This Harsh World Because It Has You In It."

Virginia Woolf, from a diary entry featured in “The Selected Diaries of Virginia Woolf,”

11.12.24

My days consist of studying for hours, going on walks to clear my head and consuming way too much coffee.

I am far too obsessive for love.

Joy Sullivan, from Instructions for Traveling West: Poems; “Instructions for Traveling West”

It must be September, July sun has disappeared.

Charmaine J. Forde

bitch this is all you’re gonna get. this life, this face, this body. you better not ‘maybe in another universe’ your way out of everything. sit your ass down and face this. go make tea and have a picnic and read a goddamn book. kiss your loved ones, send that damn text, and hug your siblings. this is all you’re gonna get.