girlfictions
Hiba Abu Nada, from I Grant You Refuge (trans. Huda Fakhreddine)
Hiba Abu Nada was a novelist, poet, and educator. She wrote this poem on Oct. 10th, 2023. She died a martyr, killed in her home in south Gaza by an Israeli raid on Oct. 20th, 2023. She was 32 years old.
perfectquote
“Stop justifying, defending, and explaining yourself. If something is correct for you, move forward with confidence.”
— Unknown
mortalpractice
i must be careful not to shake
anything in too wild an elation. not to jar
the fragile mountains against the paper far-
ness. nor avalanche the fog or the eagle from the air.
of the gentle wilderness i must set the precarious
words. like rocks. without one snowcapped mistake
— Ed Roberson, from "be careful," Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry
fairycosmos
truly do not understand how people just slip into relationships and jobs and opportunities and friend groups and lifestyles. to me there are a million obstacles to navigate in a single basic conversation
charlottan
*girl whos scared out of her mind* i think what matters is love and being kind and thats it
dimpledthings
you’re already doing so much stuff better than you used to. if you find that you’re losing your momentum, remember that there will always be opportunities to regain your energy, your faith in others and yourself, and your strength
june23th
I’m in love with connecting with others. Even if it’s for a second and we never meet again. I enjoyed you so much. Thank you for that.
1anonyymous1
please never stop talking passionately about the things you love
existential-celestial
“…metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.”
— The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera (b. 1 April 1929)
skovenshemmeligheder
All Quiet On The Frontal Lobe
