- lexie liu, mira | the happy star
- «so far away under a sky full of starlight // the temple opens its gate for me // when moonlight’s shining, stars align // messiah, messiah, messiah»
- ariana grande, just like magic | positions
- «good karma, my aesthetic // keep my conscience clear, that’s why i’m so magnetic // manifest it, i finessed it»
- moulin rouge! (2001) directed by baz luhrmann
- “the greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”
- fiona apple, left alone | the idler wheel is wiser than the driver of the screw and whipping cords will serve you more...
- «how can i ask anyone to love me // when all i do is beg to be left alone?»
- clarice lispector, tr. by johnny lorenz | um sopro de vida
- “and i scream: i feel, i suffer, i am happy, i am moved. only my enigma interests me. more than anything, i search for myself in my great void.”
- kahlil gribran | beloved prophet: the love letters of kahlil gibran and marry haskell, and her private journal
- “my life is quiet. there is little beside working and walking. i have no desire to see people, and i feel as though i am waiting for something new and strange which will burn the unbert side of my soul.”
- reva
- «i am a hollow lover, all brittle // bone and rotting carcass. // my skin is rough to the touch // and pulled taut over hidden // yearning and loneliness. // to the untrained eyes, i am // frigid and unmoving. and i // wonder if that is all you see, too. // ot suffocates me, this cloying // need for love. on nights when i // am beyond reason, i beg. // i beg for someone to see through me.»
- venetta octavia | sekhmet, not pin-up girl
- “i can be feminine in all my rage. i can be girl and woman, and claws with teeth. watch me burn.”
- headspace-hotel
- “the theme that always resonates me the most in stories is ‘the world is cruel; therefore i won’t be.’”
- dino ahmetovic
- “come on, dance with me. the earth is spinning. we can’t just stand on it.”
- fiona apple, sullen girl | tidal
- «is that why they call me a sullen girl? // they don’t know i used to sail the deep and tranquil sea»
- «and there’s too much going on // but it’s calm under the waves // in the blue of my oblivion»
- taylor swift, you’re losing me | midnights (the til dawn edition)
- «i gave you all my best me’s, my endless empathy // and all i did was bleed as i tried to be the bravest soldier // [...] and i wouldn’t marry me either // a pathological people pleaser»
- ariana grande, shut up | positions
- «my presence sweet and my aura bright // [...] guess it fuckin’ just clicked one night // all them demons helped me see shit differently»
- taylor swift, castles crumbling (taylor’s version) (from the vault) | speak now (taylor’s version)
- «my foes and friends watched my reign end // i don’t know how it could’ve ended this way // smoke billows from my ships in the harbor // people look at me like i’m a monster»
- billie eilish, what was i made for? | barbie the album
- «think i forgot how to be happy // something i’m not, but something i can be // something i wait for // something i’m made for»
- lorde, stoned at the nail salon | solar power
- «well, my hot blood’s been burning for so many summers now // it’s time to cool it down, wherever that leads»
- taylor swift, foolish one (taylor’s version) (from the vault) | speak now (taylor’s version)
- «foolish one // the day is gonna come for your confessions of love // when all is said and done»
- heather fawcett, emily wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries
- “never in my adult life had i had someone looking out for me. everything that i have wanted or needed doing, i have done myself.”
- big red machine (feat. taylor swift), renegade | how long do you think it’s gonna last?
- «i tapped on your window on your darkest night // the shape of you was jagged and weak // there was nowhere for me to stay, but i stayed anyway // you fire off missiles ’cause you hate yourself // but do you know you’re demolishing me? // and then you squeeze my hand as i’m about to leave»
- mitski, the deal | the land is inhospitable and so are we
- «i want someone to take this soul // i can’t bear to keep it»
- mitski, i don’t like my mind | the land is inhospitable and so are we
- «and it may be a few years, but you can bet it’s there, waiting still // for me to be left alone in a room full of things that i’ve done»
- mitski, the frost | the land is inhospitable and so are we
- «and when memories melt // i hear them in the drainpipe // drippin’ through the downspout // as i lie awake in the dark»
- phil dunphy, modern family | season 6, episode 2
- “haley, stop, okay? haley, let me tell you something. you have value, talent, and potential that their tests can’t measure. who cares if you don’t fit into their little box. You’re finding your way. that’s what your 20s are for, to take chances... to— to make mistakes and to learn from them, and you are learning from them. the fact that you won’t push this button proves that.”
- olivia rodrigo, making the bed | guts
- «i’m so tired of being the girl that i am // every good thing has turned into something i dread // and i’m playing the victim so well in my head // but it’s me who’s been making the bed»
- olivia rodrigo, the grudge | guts
- «and i try to be tough, but i wanna scream // how could anybody do the things you did so easily? // and i say i don’t care, i say that i’m fine // but you know i can’t let it go // i’ve tried, i’ve tried, i’ve tried for so long // it takes strength to forgive, but i don’t feel strong»
- boygenius, voyager | the rest
- «you thought i’d never leave and i let you believe you were right»
- boygenius, powers | the rest
- «how did it start? did i fall into a nuclear reactor? // crawl out with acid skin or something worse // a hostile alien ambassador? // or am i simply another of the universe’s failed experiments?»
- dani clayton, the haunting of bly manor | season 1, episode 1
- “and you know what i learned? i’m a lot braver than people think. including me.”
- maisie peters, history of man | the good witch
- «he stole our youth and promised heaven // the men start wars yet troy hates helen // women’s hearts are lethal weapons // did you hold mine and feel threatened? // hear my lyrics, taste my venom // you are still my great obsession»
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