Writer. alterna-chick. introspective GenXer. feminist. dilettante. vegan. indie film and music fan. avid reader. Prefer cultural activities to sporting events. Indoors to outdoors. City to suburbs.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I persist in convincing myself that divorce is not a tragedy but an absolution. Liberation from life without dreams and without love.
—Divorce Islamic Style by Amara Lakhous
now reading and loving this book! focus on Arab community in Italy.
just finished. smart, astute and funny.
Only through pain will you find beauty. Only through suffering will you find peace.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
You do not want what you’ve been taught to want, and isn’t this the secret you’ve been keeping for longer than any of them…. Leave her to dream of her silent house, the bed that’s waiting for her and her husband in it, his eyes falling shut already. Sweet girl, you would drown in such a bed.
Far by Victoria Lancelotta
(Source: missvoguette)
I didn’t trust men. I wanted to trust them because I knew there must be some good men in the world, but the ones I’d known had lied to my face while plotting acts of violence. Women could be bitches, but men were the ones who seemed the most capable of crimes without mercy.
The Orchard by Theresa Weir
sometimes good people do bad things
Something Borrowed
(Source: jennnacakes)
