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Vladimir Mayakovsky, from a letter featured in “Love in the Heart of Everything; The Correspondence between Vladimir Mayakovsky & Lili Brik, 1915-1930,”

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“nepenthe”

— (noun), An ancient greek word, nepenthe is defined as a medicine for sorrow. It is a place, person or thing, which can aid in forgetting your pain and suffering. 

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Alejandro Zambra, Ways of Going Home (translated by Megan McDowell)

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Charles Baudelaire, from Modern Poets of France: An Anthology; “Hymn to Beauty”

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Frank O’Hara

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never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

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V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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Ama Codjoe, from Bluest Nude: Poems; “Bluest Nude”

[Text ID: “I crave. I want to be seen clearly or not at all.”]

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“I keep thinking, thinking, and my thoughts are all sick, and my head is sick.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, from Stories; “The Meek One,” written c. 1876

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Cathy Park Hong, from "Spring and All"

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The San Francisco Examiner, California, February 25, 1935

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— Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

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acknowledgments, Danez Smith

[ Text ID: and how many times have you loved me without my asking? / how often have i loved a thing because you loved it? / including me. ] 

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“Evil destroys even itself.”

— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics

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Khalil Gibran