Angela Carter, from “The Lady of the House of Love”, The Bloody Chamber & Other Stories

I am very tired and I want to be held by someone who loves me

𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔢𝔯

𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔟𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔪, 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔰

Cemeteries of Paris in my analog camera

Paris, France; VIII 2023

𝔦𝔱’𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔰𝔣𝔦𝔢𝔡

霧中の飛火野

You think you're an introvert because you like being alone, but maybe it's not about solitude. Maybe it's about peace. Maybe it's the quiet you've fought so hard to protect. Maybe it's the safety of your own company, after being around too many people who made you feel like too much or not enough. You smile differently around people who bring you calm. You speak more. You laugh louder. You come alive in rooms where your soul doesn't shrink. You're not afraid of connection. You're just tired of surviving it. So don't confuse your boundaries with isolation. Don't confuse your quiet with disinterest. You're not closed off. You're just waiting for someone who feels like home, not a battlefield.

and even if i did, you wouldn’t know

a lot of the male rage online comes from the fact that a lot of men are genuinely losers. they don't contribute anything to society, and naturally, they have low self-worth. Except, they've been told they have a right to use a woman's body, and that, despite their overall loser status, they are hierarchically above women. what enrages them is that women's rights have come far enough that natural losers are losing.

there is not a single human trait that captivates me more than kindness

dark academia 🍂🌙

misty mornings

Robert Blomfield, Coffee Morning, Student Union, University of Edinburgh, 1964