Real Intimacy

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[Image description: A flower garden is surrounded by a high brick wall. We see a door in the wall has swung open, but perhaps usually the door is kept closed and locked so that the garden is private and secret. On the ground in the garden there are bright red flowers on the left, and on the right a mix of pink and purple flowers. The brick wall is covered with green-leafed vines. The door is painted light gray, but the paint is old and faded.]

When I go out into the world where the so-called normal people live, I sometimes feel resentful that I have to remain silent about so many things that interest and appeal to me. I feel I have to remain silent, because if I talk about these things I may get enthusiastic and go on for too long, and other people will find this annoying. In any case, they don’t want to hear about them. When I get enthusiastic, I get hopeful that they too may find these things interesting, but I am almost always disappointed. So it’s safer to be silent about them.

On the other side, I feel disdain for them and I also feel sorry for them. I think: “I have a secret garden with so many beautiful flowers in it, and it’s visited by honey bees and butterflies. And my cat is there too, playing in the grass. You people have no idea what you’re missing!” 

In a way, the fact that the garden is secret makes it more beautiful and more cozy to be in. But to be honest I do sometimes have daydreams about having a friend to share it with. 

This post is based on the idea for The Secret Garden, a book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1911.

Love your blog so freaking much!! It’s so relaxing 🌿☁️ what are your book recommendations? I’m always looking for new ones hehe

Thank you so much :) I hope you enjoy these books:

The Night Circus // Erin Morgenstern

The Bear and the Nightingale // Katherine Arden

The Secret History // Donna Tartt

City of Thieves // David Benioff

The Raven Boys // Maggie Stiefvater 

The Diviners // Libba Bray

Station Eleven // Emily St. John Mandell

Purple Hibiscus // Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Six of Crows || Crooked Kingdom // Leigh Bardugo

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