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Tag: quotations

Out of Context Post-Its

intimate mingling of feelings of plentitude + emptiness WRITE YOURSELF, YOU WILL SURVIVE (Annie Ernaux) look like I’ve been fed … More

books, diary, ideas, journal, notes, quotations, quotes, writers, writing

200620

I’m excited to announce that I’ve (finally!) set up a wordpress site with which to publish my late father’s writings. … More

blog, blogging, death, grief, life, love, notebooks, poet, poetry, posthumous, project, publishing, quotations, tribute, wisdom, writing

Out Of The Mouths Of Doctors

Your blood is highly uncooperative. If you were my daughter, I honestly wouldn’t know what to do with you. I’ve … More

doctors, health, hospital, life, London, memoir, mental health, NHS, nurses, poem, poetry, psychiatry, quotations, quotes

From Papa’s Notebooks

advice, inspiration, life, notebook, philosophy, quotations, wisdom, wit, writing

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

Edges

A few bits and bobs from March.   Thank fuck this month is over. Xx    

art, depression, diary, food, life, London, photography, photos, quotations, self harm, sex, suicide, writing

Kill Your Darlings (2013)

“Be careful, you are not in Wonderland. I’ve heard the strange madness long growing in your soul. But you are … More

beat poetry, Beats, cinema, film, inspiration, life, movies, quotations, quotes, script

Frazzled

“Love is merely a madness; and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen … More

AA, addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, anxiety, bipolar, blogging, BPD, confusion, depression, diary, madness, plays, quotations, quotes, sad, shakespeare, sober, sobriety

“I myself shall continue living in my glass house where you can always see who comes to call, where everything … More

books, inspiration, literature, quotations, quotes, reading, writing

WWSD?

I’m having one of those days where nothing happens, and nothing is going to happen, and everything is static and … More

bipolar, blah, borderline, BPD, creative writing, depression, dreams, extremes, ffs, health, love, mental health, miss you, neurosis, philosophy, poetry, psychosis, quotations, quotes, self harm, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, thinking, thoughts, ugh, weird, what is life?, writing, wtf

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