Maritina X.

xxii, english major, infj, lives off of pasta, champagne and buying books — “I am the sea or I am nothing.” • I write. Sometimes.

[Literary Hub @lithub]

"Although shipwrecks by no means vanish from literature after 1900, they are no longer such important elements in stories as they were in the 18th and 19th centuries." https://t.co/PeoaEtD4RU

[The Independent @Independent]

The enduring cult appeal of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, 30 years on https://t.co/qe287hyM8a

[liz @anticapitalizm]

may we all go out in such spectacular fashion: a hundred years old, universally beloved, and forcing people magazine into a frenzied reprint over a holiday weekend

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Anne Carson on myth, drawing, and gratitude. (via @InterviewMag) https://t.co/T0rSgxNTD5

[my book is better than my tweets @MichellCClark]

long hugs after difficult conversations. eye contact that uncovers hidden truths. hands clasped together for comfort. bodies intertwined for warmth. caring enough to ask. caring enough to listen. us against the world. us, always. us, forever.

what’s that? love.

[Ilya Kaminsky @ilya_poet]

And yet, despite everything, Dostoevsky was right:

"Beauty will save the world."

[Silver Press 🌙 @Silver_Press_]

"Poetry is not a luxury... Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought" — Audre Lorde https://t.co/wZmEvymAbR

[victor @childofuranus]

the fact that I'll die before I know EVERYTHING like every bit of information that has ever existed on this planet and outside of it... it's sick I'm actually shaking and crying