— Benjamin Alire Sáenz, “To the Desert” from Dark and Perfect (El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 1995) (via lunamonchtuna)
9K notes
·
View notes
Monika Marchewka (Polish, b. 1988)
Sweet Potion (series)
Oil on canvas
229 notes
·
View notes
Jennifer Huang, from Return Flight; “Procedure”
[Text ID: “I am not accustomed to / this gentle; / I crush it.”]
1K notes
·
View notes
She seemed to have stepped from the pages of an old romantic novel. Her great ambition was to emulate no one but the Lady of the Camellias, the fair heroine of Dumas fils.
Gyula Krúdy, The Crimson Coach (1913)
143 notes
·
View notes
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
— Stephen R. Covey
729 notes
·
View notes