The Craft (1996) Dir. Andrew Fleming

“We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive.”

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Joaquin Phoenix

River lived to protect ALL creatures.

creative writing’s just like yeah sure i can deal with my issues i just need to cover them in several layers of metaphors first

“River made a difference each day of his life. I hope his death will move others to work for a healthier, more compassionate world, so that young people will not feel drawn to numb themselves against a culture too cruel to endure, but will, instead, be able to live with joy and peace and love.” — Zoe Weil [The Animals Agenda, 1994]

Dear River, Will love you forever and a day. 💫

[•23rd August, 1970 — 31st October, 1993 • ♾]

the only thing you need to know about the world:

"you can't stop the love — and the rock'n'roll"

“It really upsets me that we’re trained from an early age to aspire to be the ideal man or the ideal woman. It’s prejudice, really. Many people learn to accept themselves, but others are miserable if they don’t look like Robert Redford. And they shouldn’t be. It’s oppressive. A lot of it has to do with show business. For example, I would like to see more blacks in leading men’s roles, to project a more realistic picture of who we are as a people.”

- River Phoenix

“River Phoenix was often mocked in his day. As the vegan environmentally aware actor who made careful film choices based on his personal politics, he was seen as a little wacko, an eccentric still suffering the psychological effects of growing up in the cult, Children of God. Now he seems ahead of his time. Not only that, an exemplary figure to be revered more than ever, both for his film work and his messages. […] He remains an inspiration for those of us looking for a new masculinity. This wasn’t a man set out to compromise what was in his heart and mind to fulfil any expectations of what a young man must be” — “River Phoenix remains the antidote to Toxic Masculinity”, The Book of Man, Oct 2018

“He knows his mind and speaks it, even if what he says doesn’t fit in with his peers. You could call River the ultimate individualist. A vegan in the day of McDonalds, a pacifist in the era of nuclear weapons” — Teen Beat, 1988

before sunrise (1995) // norwegian wood, haruki murakami

““How come no one ever talks about how great River Phoenix was how he was not homophobic or a racist and love everyone. He cared about animals by becoming vegan, didn’t take life for granted. He basically took care of whole family.He was very humble and never thought he was better than anyone.Now all they talk about is how he died of an overdose but not how he lived. ””

— Riverphoenixlove33333