#chronicles
On a trip to eastern europe by myself for the first time like hello yes I’m a functioning adult. Sat down on the hostel’s terrace and ordered a drink oooh daring. Might even get up and take a walk around the block if im feeling funky wowow what a world traveler.
The fridge chronicles.. (07/08/21)
“I have struggled all my life to cure this tendency to daydream, lest it should carry me into remote waters. But the effort of swimming against this gentle current takes away some of my vital strength. And if, in fighting off daydreams, I gain in terms of action, I inwardly lose something very precious which can never be replaced. But one of these days I shall have to go, without worrying where I might end up.”
— Clarice Lispector, “Swimming Against the Tide,” in Selected Cronicas(trans. Giovanni Pontiero)
“Poisoned flowers in a vase. Red, blue, pink, they carpet the air. How they transform a hospital ward. I have never seen such beautiful and dangerous flowers. So this is your secret. Your secret resembles you so closely that it tells me nothing beyond what I already know. And I know so little, as if I were your enigma. Just as you are mine.”
— Clarice Lispector, “Your Secret,” in Selected Cronicas(trans. Giovanni Pontiero)
The original was such a lowkey classic.. Movie watches of Tumblr, how we feeling about a sequel to this movie? I hear it’s going to be an all female cast!