“I Am A Collection Of Dismantled Almosts.”

“I am the forest, I am ancient. I treasure the stag, I treasure the deer. I shelter you from storm, I shelter you from snow. I resist the frost, I keep the source. I nurse the earth, I am always there. I build your house, I kindle your hearth. Therefore, you people, hold me dear.”

— Inscription found in a 17th century forester’s house in Lower Saxony, Germany (via inatt)

via gabby_from_heaven on depop

"i have the right of way" was a form of protective charm uttered by urban travellers in the early 21st century. They believed this phrase acted as a ward against danger and injury, invoking the divine spirit of 'Traffic Law', one of their primary deities.

“All you can do is involve yourself totally in your own life, your own moment, Lonzi said. And when we feel pessimism crouching on our shoulders like a stinking vulture, he said, we banish it, we smother it with optimism. We want, and our want kills doom.”

— Rachel Kushner, The Flamethrowers

*remembers*

*gets sick to my stomach*

“I am exhausted with trying to be stronger than I feel.”

— Unknown

Joyce Lin, Wood Chair in Fir, 2024

by Ben Mack

The “Breathe” gown worn by Drew Barrymore in Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), .