Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.
Plato
“I would never tie you down, not even with garlands of roses. I don’t want anything from you that doesn’t come from your own impulse, like water from the springs.”
Dulce María Loynaz, tr. James O’Connor, Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems; “XLVI”
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin on a trip to England, 1969
you have the fucking power. seize it. use it.
kim gordon, 1985, photographed by richard kern for death valley ‘69
you ever know someone and you think “god i love you. i wish we could’ve known eachother when we were carefree and 11. i wish we could’ve played together as kids”
Virginia Woolf, from a diary entry written c. October 1931 featured in The Diaries of Virginia Woolf,”
Anne Sexton, from A Self-Portrait in Letters
im always like hehe im so smart i will avoid shame by never doing anything ever but then i feel ashamed of not living and it turns out i didn't escape any sort of discomfort i just traded it in for a less rewarding kind
MORE INTERESTED IN HOW MY LIFE FEELS THAN HOW MY LIFE LOOKS TO OTHERS.
“You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.”
— Haruki Murakami
be proud of how hard you are trying
mental health status: need to look at the sea for hours and stay quiet
vamprismsnever enough time in the day to do fuck all
johnwicklover1999there's always time in the night to do fuck all
johnwickfuckerbut watch out
agapebynicholasbritell
violentthunder
folk-melody
tunisian
