LANA DEL REY X SKIMS
— Photographed by Nadie Lee Cohen
“I saw something that reminded me of you. I wanted to show you, but then I remembered that we don’t talk anymore.”— Unknown
Peng Chang by Zhong Lin for Vogue Taiwan January 2022
i think a lot about how it is such a common experience to withstand our deepest pains and sorrows on our own and never even shed a tear, then, the moment someone offers us comfort, we break down completely
sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you’ve been ruined
by ocean vuong
it surprises me, how a gesture so small can feel so very big. how sometimes you don’t realize the nervousness or sadness you were holding deep inside until the touch of someone you love lets it all out of you, like your entire body is exhaling
by lucy keating
Rainer Maria Rilke, Journal of My Other Self
“It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don’t want to lose someone, even if they don’t deserve our forgiveness.”— Deb Caletti
“Like most sensitive souls, you already know you’re sensitive. You soak up others’ moods and desires like a sponge. You absorb sensation the way a paintbrush grasps each color it touches on a palette.”— Victoria Erickson