"One narcissus among the ordinary beautiful
flowers, one unlike all the others! She pulled,
stooped to pull harder—
when, sprung out of the earth
on his glittering terrible
carriage, he claimed his due.
It is finished. No one heard her.
No one! She had strayed from the herd.
(Remember: go straight to school.
This is important, stop fooling around!
Don’t answer to strangers. Stick
with your playmates. Keep your eyes down.)
This is how easily the pit
opens. This is how one foot sinks into the ground."
— Persephone Falling, Rita Dove (via kingsofinfinitespace)
homemade gnocchi <3
(Source: sturdytable)
"The thing I wish I’d probably known when I was 16 is you don’t have to do what people want you to do. You have to do the thing that feels right and makes you happy. Very often, those are the things that lead you in the right direction."
— Laura Marling (via princess-gracee)
(Source: myloveisdrivenbyrage, via colourmegreenwich)
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HUMPHREY BOGART & LAUREN BACALL
One night in 1953, Bogie, John Huston and some other friends were shooting the breeze rather tipsily about life and its meaning and the question arose as to whether there was any time of their lives they’d like to live over again. All of them except Bogie came up with cynical answers. Somebody said, “God forbid”. Somebody else: that he’d only like to cancel out a couple of times. Then Bogie spoke. “Yes, there’s a time I’d like to relive- the years that I have had with Betty.”
-Joe Hyams, Bogart & Bacall.
I was a kid in love for the first time. I was easy for me - I knew nothing about pitfalls. I was giving nothing but myself and I could do that without qualm. Never in my life had or has a man cared so much for me, wanted so much to protect me, surrond me with life’s joys, share everything. It made me want to return the care- to show him it was possiblle to be really happy with a woman, to give him children. I was determined to do that.
-Lauren Bacall
(via bellecs)
It’s Ok With Me - Manchester Orchestra
and i know i’m not what you need,
but it’s okay—yeah it’s okay with me.
"‘Cause a disaster’s a disaster / No matter what Christian language you drag it through."
— Wolves at Night, Manchester Orchestra
Life has been crazy busy and my heart is crazy full. I’ve spent one night in my own bed since the 8th of May, and I won’t again until the 20th or 21st. House-sitting on Capitol Hill; One night spent all the way out in Crofton with my coworker and her kids; Stolen evenings with Matt; Camping in PA all this weekend.
It’s going to be a great summer, y’all.
