She did not really prefer the garden to several other spots in the world; she would rather, for instance, have been alone in her room with the door locked, or sitting on the grass by a brook at midnight, or, given any absolute free choice, standing motionless against a pillar in a Greek temple or on a tumbril in Paris or on a great lonely rock over the sea, but the garden was closest, and it pleased her father to see her wandering morning-wise among the roses.

Shirley Jackson, Hangsaman

  • this years girl

    //*deletes sarcastic opening line* maybe I am growing.// I love and hate this time of year. This year in particular I feel overwhelmed because of the commitments I’ve made. I’ve felt stagnant for so long that starting something new felt like momentum that I needed. But alas, here I am, stressed as hell and failing…

  • exhausted

    with myself ya know

  • a ghost with nowhere to haunt

    I would haunt the shit out of a rollercoaster but that’s just me.