“Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart, of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants, the way it stops and starts.”
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
(Source: tenderskin)
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“It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.” Oscar Wilde (Source: misswallflower) |
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” William G.T. Shedd (Source: teacuphuman) |
“Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that the mere fact of our existence should keep us all in a state of contented dazzlement.” Lewis Thomas (Source: joshuakaufman) |
“I am sorry for having put them into the world. It’s not their fault. Life isn’t easy and the moment you find out life is real, you are condemned to fight, to suffer.” Yohji Yamamoto, about his children (Source: silverscents) |
“Everything in the Universe seems to be just a vibration. Every atom, every part of an atom, every electron, every elementary “particle,” even our thoughts and consciousness, are just vibrations.” Tom Chalko |
“The trouble is—-excuse my cliches—-as people grow older, non-artists, that is, they do have to steel themselves so much, forget so much, and try to pretend that everything’s all right so much. They are afraid, probably rightly, that poetry—-any art—-if they take it hard, might upset them—-so they pretend they like it while at the same time they resist it absolutely.” Elizabeth Bishop, in a letter to Robert Lowell, 1963 |
