Bell Hooks, From All About Love

The library reopened! I don't know for how long, because things are still not great in my city. But it was nice to go for a walk, talk to the librarian and bring home some books.

“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.”

— T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land 

one thing i’ve learnt is that u can’t put your life on hold for that perfect idealized future moment. thats just condemning your present self to needless repentance and suffering. get that haircut now — not when you’ve lost x amount of weight. go get on that long drive out to the ocean NOW — don’t sit and wait for that hypothetical daydreamy significant other to arrive. you can’t save important life experiences for a self that ultimately doesn’t exist. all you have is you, right now, at this very moment. perfection is a myth anyway, just another perfect word for procrastination. do you want to live a life of i could have’s? please do not let your life wither away right before your eyes bc u were too busy putting it off

may 3, 2020 i’ve had this in my drafts for over a year. that is ridiculous. anyways, please enjoy some new content.

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bell hooks, from all about love

My willow square blanket is finished! 5 months of working on and off because of the heat but I’m so happy with how it turned out! Looking forward to gifting this later in the week!

Tagging @abovethesmokestacks because I know you wanted to see it finished 🥰🥰

im in this photo and i don’t like it

I've just now realized that the only time I check my email is when I think my favorite fics have updated. I

And I will love you, forever, Jo March, even if you do not love me back. Even if you find another person to love, I will be happy for you. Because I think that is what love is, to want the person you love to be happy, and all I want is for you to be happy.