She Read Books As One Would Breathe Air, To Fill Up And Live.

Acknowledging that “critical thinking” means “thinking about things in a thorough way from different perspectives” and not “finding every flaw in a thing and fixating on it until all the joy is gone” is so liberating.

It’s supposed to be about intellectual curiosity, not about finding ways to devalue things that aren’t perfect or that we personally dislike.

“There are no ghosts, but up here”—she gestured toward her head—“it’s a haunted house.”

Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Into great silence

love as recognition

anna gavalda / friedrich nietzsche / clarice lispector / jandy nelson / rebecca perry / mhairi mcfarlane

“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.”

— Edvard Munch (via purplebuddhaproject)

— Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian Poet & Writer