“I wanted my life to start- but in those rare moments when it seemed like something might actually change, panic shot through me.”
—(via anarchiveoflongings, fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
June 2013
7 posts
“Out beyond ideas
of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field.
I’ll meet you there.” —Jelaluddin Rumi (via aprepincleveland)
of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field.
I’ll meet you there.” —Jelaluddin Rumi (via aprepincleveland)
May 2013
74 posts
“I’m good at love, I’m good at hate
It’s in between I freeze.” —Leonard Cohen, Thousand Kisses Deep (Book of Longing)
It’s in between I freeze.” —Leonard Cohen, Thousand Kisses Deep (Book of Longing)
“I wish I could say twelve things at once. I wish I could say all there was to say in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.”
—Leonard Cohen (via shadowperforated)
“Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses—especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.”
—Leonardo da Vinci (via soft-world)
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
—Kahlil Gibran (via shadowperforated)
“They do not teach you this in school. They do not show you the beauty of existing, they do not show you the wonder of the Earth, they do not show you the unity that human beings are. They show you who is better, who is worse. They show you what they need to show you in order for their system to survive. They do not show you love.”
—Literature On High (via ihatenietzsche)
“I know it will grow
the fire you lit inside me,
I know I will burn.” —Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
the fire you lit inside me,
I know I will burn.” —Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
“I go through phases. Some days I feel like the person I’m supposed to be, and then some days, I turn into no one at all. There is both me and my silhouette. I hope that on the days you find me and all I am are darkened lines, you still are willing to be near me.”
—Mary Kate Teske (via alighthouseofwords)
“Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.”
—Ibn Taymiyyah (via bokura)
“When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.”
—Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (via suiicune)
“There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.”
—Khalil Gibran, sea and foam (via shi3iya)
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
—Vincent van Gogh (via suiicune)
