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me, placing jane austen, emily brontë, charlotte brontë, and elizabeth gaskell next to each other on my bookshelf: the girlies

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(through gritted teeth) there's so much to learn (through sobs) there's so much to learn (through maniacal laughter) there's so much to learn (through sleepy eyes) there's so much to learn (through a tired smile) there's so much to learn

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Kiki's Delivery Service | 魔女の宅急便 (1989) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

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I feel secondhand embarrassment when I read goodreads reviews of like a british or australian book and find americans complaining that the unfamiliar turns of phrase and slang made the book hard to read, while non-native english speakers in the reviews are doing fine. Saw yet another review today where an american was like “it was enjoyable except for the way this book assumes I’m british and I get the slang” there are people on this web page who learnt your language as their third or fourth language and they’re dealing, have some shame

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Naomi Shihab Nye, “Red Brocade”

[Text ID: “The Arabs used to say, When a stranger appears at your door, feed him for three days before asking who he is, where he’s come from, where he’s headed. That way, he’ll have strength enough to answer. Or, by then your’ll be such good friends you don’t care.”]

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I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday which included the phrase “In these days of political correctness…” talking about no longer making jokes that denigrated people for their culture or for the colour of their skin. And I thought, “That’s not actually anything to do with ‘political correctness’. That’s just treating other people with respect.”

Which made me oddly happy. I started imagining a world in which we replaced the phrase “politically correct” wherever we could with “treating other people with respect”, and it made me smile. 

You should try it. It’s peculiarly enlightening.

I know what you’re thinking now. You’re thinking “Oh my god, that’s treating other people with respect gone mad!”

Happy Valentine’s Day.

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- Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)

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some of my favorite tiny love stories

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Ritual Is Journey, Chris Abani

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“I’ll have it. You have to give it to me. It’s gotta go somewhere.”

Fleabag | 2.04

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Palestinian women, qalandia refugee camp 1974

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Ghost friends. An anonymous fear submitted to Deep Dark Fears - thanks!

You can find original artwork in my shop!

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— To Raja Rao, by Czeslaw Milosz

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Quotes by Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath

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Bram Stoker, from Dracula

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Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen