i can’t believe they just cancelled school for a month so everyone can play animal crossing new horizons
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“You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.”
— Iyanla Vanzant
“I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”
— Ken Venturi
Nan Goldin
Honda brothers in cherry blossom storm, Tokyo, Japan, 1994.
If there is anything left to say, it is this:
I would have found you anywhere.
I will find you anywhere.
— Venetta Octavia, “Orbitals” from Prelude to Light
“You don’t meet the people you love, you recognize them.”
— Anna Gavalda, “Life, Only Better” -
translated by Tina KoverÂ
“Thinking of you, I break into bloom again.”
â€<>” Xue Tao, tr. by Carolyn Kizer, from Lyrics & Songs: “Spring Gazing Song,”
“I once imagined you loved me a little bit, if you’ll excuse the presumption.“Â
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
You know what’s really hot? Not having to guess someone’s feelings or intentions
“The number of hours we have together is actually not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. Please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it.”
â€<>” Mikko Harvey, from “For M,” Foundry (no. 9, September 2018)
