Libby

“The default assumption tends to be that it is politically important to designate everyone as beautiful, that it is a meaningful project to make sure that everyone can become, and feel, increasingly beautiful. We have hardly tried to imagine what it might look like if our culture could do the opposite—de-escalate the situation, make beauty matter less.”
― Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

“i can measure how sad i am
by how afraid i am of the dark
(rather, i mean, what’s in the dark)
counting heart stops and stomach flops and
every stair creak, when everyone’s asleep
(except me and my head and my shaky hands)”
― Savannah Brown, Graffiti

“Death's not a separation or alternation or parting it's just a one-handled door"

- from "Mrs Simpkins”
― Stevie Smith, All The Poems - Stevie Smith

“striving to look carefree and happy can interfere with your ability to feel so.”
― Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror