Florence Welch, From Useless Magic: Lyrics And Poetry; “Maybe It Would Be Fun”

familiar is only an ache.

— Scott-Patrick Mitchell, from "inner pity poems," Clean: Faith, Abuse and George Pell

median culture is always being the same guy but also not the guy who did that, and not the guy who was here a few minutes ago but also being that guy always.

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“Everything is burning, my soul, body, outside, inside, heart, flesh. Do you understand? Do you really understand?”

María Casares, from a letter to Albert Camus written c. March 1952

Suzanne Scanlon, from "Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen," published in 2024

rain in the background while you’re sleeping>>>>>>

Where did everything go wrong again

“My life is made up of ‘I’m sorry’. I feel like I have to apologize to people, to things, to life itself. It’s like, ‘I’m sorry to be here’. I don’t want to disturb anyone.”

— Yohji Yamamoto