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anne carson’s “the effort of speaking as a human is the effort to get past that hopelessness with every sentence” daughter or franz kafka’s “i am constantly trying to communicate, to tell about something i only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones”son
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getting to experience cold, stormy nights with heavy rain and a gothic novel in hand again is enough to make me fall in love with life all over again
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Reading a book in public is only performative to people that don’t read books. To a reader, every waiting room, park bench, train carriage, airport gate, and café table is another potential chapter.
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this is exactly why dating someone with a past scares me. i understand that memories don’t fade, but constantly putting an ex on a pedestal while making your current partner feel second-best is unfair. if you’re with someone new, pls let them feel chosen😭.
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lowkey agree but please don't do translation a disservice like this. a translation is a transformation and that doesn't inherently mean destruction. once again: i truly understand and share the sentiment, but translation is its own beautiful art.
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"everything is propaganda to guys" yes actually???? unironically??!!! there's decades long propaganda that frames israeli violence and occupation as self defense!!!!! have we not seen the news??? have we not read first hand how the media refers to palestinian deaths? vs israelis?



















































