August, 1935
Journals of Anais Nin 1934-1939
[volume 2]
Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
Richard Siken, from “Wishbone”, Crush
May Sarton, from Journal of a Solitude [ID in alt text]
Ritual Is Journey, Chris Abani
[ Text ID: As you lay dying, I asked, What is your biggest regret? / Every kindness withheld, you said. / Every flicker of pleasure denied, you said. / Look, you said, sunlight. ]
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I hope
you won’t
need pills
like I
do. I
think I
get so
scared because
I’m greedy —
I want
to hold
onto everything,
the world
wants to
take it
away.— Mikko Harvey, from “For M,” Let the World Have You
“Off I go, rummaging about in books for sayings which please me.”— The Complete Essays, Michel de Montaigne (b. 28 February 1533)
how do you just get up and deal with the fact that there’s a last time for everything. there was a last time you sat on your dads shoulders and there was a last time your mom tucked you into bed. there’s going to be a last time you kiss your sister on the head and there’s going to be a last time you hug your best friend. there’s going to be a last time you feel exactly as you feel right now and there’s going to be a last time that person says i love you. i need to lay down
Iain Thomas, The Light That Shines When Things End










