I looked out at the spring night and was dazzled by its reality, by the black leaves on the trees, the black lawn that would be warm green in the morning.
– Alfred Chester, from “As I Was Going Up the Stairs,” Head of a Sad Angel: Stories 1953-1966 (Black Sparrow Press, 1990)
Phoebe Wahl
“Little soul, you and I will become the memory of a memory of a memory. A horse released of the traces forgets the weight of the wagon.”
— Jane Hirshfield, “Harness,” published in Poetry (via bostonpoetryslam)
— Vladimir Nabokov, Mary
[ text ID: Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring. ]
hey y’all! was taking a break for a while but i’m back now :-) <3 🌻✨🍄🐄
Embroidery is such a fun hobby 🧵🪡
Virginia Woolf, from Blue & Green in “Monday Or Tuesday: Eight Stories”
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“Memory is a cruel mistress with whom we all must learn to dance.”
— Kate Morton, from The Forgotten Garden
“Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is being mean to you all the time.”
— Christine Arylo