utrecht, the netherlands ⋅ ph. utrechtalive
books to read while Autumn is reigning
a warm cuppa in your hands, sitting near the window, enjoying the rain
with a sprinkle of amour
- The Girl at the Lion d'Or by Sebastian Faulks
- The Collector by John Fowles
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
- The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
with a dash of existential crisis
- South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
- Fish in Exile by Vi Khi Nao
- No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
with a pinch of dark academia
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- Maurice by E. M. Forster
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
with a side of je ne sais quoi
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Death with Interruptions by José Saramago
- Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- Orlando by Virginia Woolf
- After Dark by Haruki Murakami
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
- The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura
- If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
under the covers, with a flashlight in your hands, in the middle of the night
- Carmilla by Sheridan le Fanu
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
- The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun
- The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
- I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- The Metamorphosis & Other Stories by Franz Kafka
when i go, i will stay long gone
for science… put in the tags your sign and your favorite alcohol…
Do you ever hear a dying whale sound when you look at your OTP being all cute and shit…..And realize that noise came from you???
Not gonna lie...
types of people as environments
sea: wild hair, iced coffee, probably listens to billie eilish, great instagram, wears bracelets/anklets, was that kid that thought they had some authority on greek mythology bc they read the percy jackson books, seems like they have their life together but actually are lowkey falling apart, can vibe w/ anyone
forest: hot coffee, guitar/indie/folk music, runs an aesthetic blog, doesn’t tell anyone what their favorite songs are bc that’s Too Personal, absolutely has to put fairy lights everywhere, loves their friends and makes sure they know it, if you hurt them they won’t do anything back they’ll just leave without a word or a trace
desert: long road trips, retro diners at 2am, also eats a lot of fast food, nothing fazes them, drunk declarations of love, their hair is their personality, thrives during nighttime, bored eater, acts chill and will say they’re Fine as they lay face down on the floor but also will tell their life story after 10pm
mountains: hot chocolate, gorgeous hair, adrenaline junkie, has a lot of secrets/emotional depth, morning person, will go insane if they’re cooped up indoors for too long, complete 180 from the person their 12-year-old self thought they would be but thank god for that
meadow: softie, henna tattoos, puts flowers in their hair, sparkling water, pastels, likes taylor swift, barely knows how to drive, good at drawing/painting, doesn’t hide their feelings, ppl think their openness can be taken advantage of but they see your motives and Know What You’re Trying To Do
tundra: flawless eyebrows, wears lots of dark colors, thick skin, intense as hell but it’s cool, eyes that stare into your fricken soul, seems emotionally unavailable but actually secretly loves a lot of people and is scared of losing them but will never show it
lake: iced tea, lives at chipotle, hands and feet are always cold, completely screwed up spotify algorithm, hates days when they can’t see the sun, loves spring/summer, really just wants to Calm Down, niche humor, has been saying they’re dead inside since 2014
If Venom (2018) had been directed by Ryan Reynolds the opening credits would have had “True Love - P!nk ft. Lily Allen” blasting in the BG while Venom and Eddie danced in a suspiciously wedding-esque scene and then the movie would have taken place as a “So you’re wondering how we got here” flashback.
And you know what? We were cheated out of this reality.
Ghost pumpkin
So much joy.
I just laugh a lot with @gipsonnikki (who I need to thank for the photos).
my lil' angel @thegirlwhosuddenlyleft she's one of my closest friends and honestly idk what I'd do without her. 🖤