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Wonderful, Miserable

*door opens* “Hello, my lov—” “JESUS CHRIST! You scared the fucking life out of me! I didn’t hear you come … More

books, conversation, depression, dialogue, friendship, happiness, home, life, literature, love, misery, reading, relationships, writing

Here’s To Strong Women

Despite having attended an all girls’ school, my life is and always has been dominated by men. I have always … More

authors, books, feminism, literature, reading, women, women writers, writers

050219

Father, I know you blamed yourself when Cambridge rejected me. I’d spent the months prior to my interviews falling in … More

academia, books, college, education, existentialism, family, grief, letter, life, literature, love, reading, school, university, writing

What To Read…

when you’re in the waiting room at the sexual health clinic with a bunch of judgmental, stressed-out women and obstreporous … More

books, death, faber, life, literature, NHS, publishing, reading, sex, sexual health, short stories

Sunday Funday

All you need is love spritzers, smokes, sunshine and stories.

books, habits, Kundera, life, literature, photo diary, reading, spring

When Life Gives You Lemons…

…just say, “Fuck the lemons!” and bail. …lose yourself in liquor and literature.

alcohol, books, drunk, go away, life, literature, photo, quotes, reading

SNL: Mauvishly Melancholy

I don’t always stay in on Saturday night but when I do I make sure that my literature matches my … More

books, coping, death, depression, fml, fuck off, grief, jewellery, life, literature, nails, whyyyy

Crack’d

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words. The Pale King, by David … More

books, broken, depression, life, lit, literature, photography, quotations, suicide

Mayisms

Stuff and things from the not-so-merry month of May 2016. Xx

art, books, collage, depression, diary, journal, life, literature, London, photojournal, poetry, quotes, signs, travel, visual, writing

Feliz aniversário C.L ♡

Clarice Lispector would have celebrated her 95th birthday today. In honour of this glorious lady, I have spent the day indulging … More

authors, birthday, books, glamour, inspiration, inspirational, life, literature, love, PRH, prose, publishing, quotes, reading, short story, writer, writing

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