dilara

“All I want is to be cherished, she thought, and here I am talking gibberish with a selfish man.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

“there’s always been heroes,
there’s always been villains,
the stakes may have changed
but really there’s no difference.

there’s always been greed
and heartbreak and ambition.
jealousy, love,
trespass and contrition,

we’re the same beings that began,
still living,
in all of our fury and foulness and friction.
Everyday odysseys.
Dreams vs decisions.
The stories are there if you listen.”
― Kate Tempest, Brand New Ancients: A Poem

“I am not a place where nature can be weeded and tamed and kept in order. I am tree roots — and dark hollows — and ancient moss — and the cry of owls. I am not a thing that you can shape, not anymore. I am no garden, but the woods, and if you ever come near me again, every bit of wildness in me will rise up to bite you. I will tear your throat out with my teeth.”
― Elliott Gish, Grey Dog

“But we are still mythical. We are still permanently trapped somewhere between the heroic and the pitiful. We are still godly; that’s what makes us so monstrous. But it feels like we’ve forgotten we’re much more than the sum of all the things that belong to us.”
― Kate Tempest, Brand New Ancients: A Poem