Tortured Poets Department sounds like a secret organization in a Lemony Snicket book

ryan gosling realized what people need from him and decided he was just gonna be really good at that

Sarah Winman 👏

Me: “i need to go out more”

also me every time I’m free:

Sad to report that if you just get up and start doing things, they get done.

There should be a better way though.

it’s so important to have people around you who’re earnestly interested to know about the movie that you watched last week and how you liked it,,,or the book you just finished and how it surprised you.

ten years as an antiquarian, hearing nothing but 'my relative kept these untouched in a box their whole life but they died, and I don't want this stuff' has radicalized me. annotate the books. use the china. wear the clothes until they wear out. your life should not be a museum

“being alive is as special an occasion as it gets” fundamentally altered my brain

today i learned that in order to write a book, you have to actually write it. just imagining things in your head is not enough. very disappointing.

one of the underrated joys of summer is escaping a stiflingly hot afternoon by way of the movie theater then emerging a few hours later into a still-warm, but softer-seeming evening

Bitches be like, 'I'm busy' then binge read their book for seven hours straight. It's me... I'm the bitches.

Someone I work with on a freelance gig just told me they appreciate how 'organized' I am about my work. I might go buy myself a treat for that.

there are months when absolutely nothing happens and there are days when years happen

Some great points by Handwritten Letter in this piece on the future of the letter: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/0…

'How the hell can a person go to work in the morning, come home in the evening, and have nothing to say?'

Monet was so right to be obsessed with flowers

Still time to get your free ticket for the Dublin launch of #quicklywhiletheystillhavehorses Books Upstairs this Thursday evening (April 11th) can’t wait to see you all there.

My hydrangea painting

sick days are cool but employers should also offer happy days. if you're in a really good mood you shouldn't have to go to work

Hook it to my veins.