#nickie
we were so young then, so ambitious. we believed we were going to revolutionize the field of cartography with our big idea. we were going to change maps.
@fictionnet event 02 — quotes
“ what is bad for the heart is good for art. The terrible irony of our lives as artists. ”
[I’ll Give You the SunbyJandy Nelson]
M. L. Rio, If We Were Villains
books I’ve read in 2022 no. 056
Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
“Why were the attractive ones always criminals?”
That’s the thing about being an adult standing beside your childhood race car bed. Time collapses, and instead of the version of you you’ve built from scratch, you’re all the hackneyed drafts that came before, all at once.
[Book LoversbyEmily Henry]
PrinceHenryGeorgeEdwardJamesFox-Mountchristen-Windsor
I thought, this isthe most incrediblething I haveeverseen,and I had better keep ita safedistanceaway fromme. Ithought,ifsomeone likethateverloved me, it would set meon fire. Andthen Iwasacareless fool,andIfell in lovewith youanyway.Whenyou rang meattruly shockinghoursof thenight, I loved you.Whenyou kissedme in disgustingpublic toiletsand poutedin hotelbarsandmademehappy inwaysinwhich ithad never even occurredto me thatamangled-up,locked-upperson like me couldbehappy, I loved you. And then, inexplicably,youhad the absoluteaudacity to lovemeback.Canyoubelieve it? Sometimes,even now, I stillcan’t.