#quotes i like

[greyhairedcanuck2]

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Anais Nin

#anais nin #friends of tumblr #quotes i like

[pelicandensity]

“Wisdom comes from seeking balance in life. It is foolish to ignore the rose simply because it has thorns."

The Last Believer

#last words #bvr #inspiring quotes #qoutes on tumblr #quotes i like #poeticstories #writerscreed #bitsofstarglow

[skinreflectsthesun]

Why do the young poets all write about Persephone?

Maybe it’s because we can relate

To a goddess?

To being half sunshine and half grave.

- grace babcock

#quotes i like #grace Babcock #Persephone

[pocket-full-of-art]

“And the more people I cut out, the quieter my life got”

“Bear me witness”

- The Bear (2022) x Anne Carsons Antigonick

#Antigone #The Bear #Anne Carson #Anne Carson Antigone #Anne Carson Antigonick #Antigonick #Brothers #quotes I like #inspiration

[pearlmoney]

"I'm still in the process, but I'm making progress I promise, I honestly wanna prove improvement's possible I swear, I'm so fucking sorry I'm not a good person, I'm barely a person at all But someday I'll be perfect, and I'll make up for it all"

-Will Wood, Against the Kitchen Floor

#quotes #will wood #lyrics #quotes i like #will wood and the tapeworms #in case i make it

[acronychalwitch]

Then it comes to me: Yes I'll die, so will everyone, so has everyone. It's what we have in common.

And for a moment, the sorrow ceased and I saw that it hadn't been sorrow at all, but loneliness.

-Marie Howe, from Magdalene: Poems; "October"

#marie howe #quotes #dark academia #aesthetic #yearning #dark acadamia aesthetic #pinterest #self writings #selfwrote #again #self written #museums #quotes i like #quotation

[sincerelyhannahx]

In a world of locked rooms, the man with the key is king. And honey, you should see me in a crown.

#sherlock #moriarty #quotes i like

[a-void-tbh]

"I am half agony, half hope"

Jane Austen - Persuasion

#jane Austen #persuasion #quotes i like #currently reading #booklr

[dayeongi]

“At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.”

― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

#i'm starting a new segment called: #quotes i like #always the disclaimer tat arthur golden sucks personally #but i like this quote

[pelicandensity]

“Faith is often born in uncertainty. It teaches us to believe in something other than ourselves."

The Last True Believer

#last words #bvr #inspiring quotes #writerscreed #quotations #poeticstories #quotes i like #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #twcpoetry #writers on tumblr #bitsofstarglow #spilled words

[screwcharms]

"A love like ours can't disappear in an instant. We're joined to one another. Intertwined. We wrote our names on each other, in permanent ink.”

#bleh #thoughts #quotes i like

[moth-whisperer]

Excellent quotes from my favorite author, Isabel Allende, in no particular order.

“I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don’t know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.“ (queen)

“We have to defend democracy, but remember that not everything is politics. Without science, industry, and technology, no progress is possible, and without music and art, there’s no soul.“

“My father says that fear is good; it’s the body’s alarm system, it warns us of danger. But sometimes danger can’t be avoided, and then you have to forget about being afraid.” (City of the Beasts - the first Allende book I read as a child)

“Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.” (o my queer heart)

“This is to assuage our conscience, darling” she would explain to Blanca. “But it doesn’t help the poor. They don’t need charity; they need justice.” (House of the Spirits)

“You can tell the deepest truths within the lies of fiction.”

“The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother's obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape.” (A Portrait in Sepia)

#Isabel Allende #quotes I like #mine #magical realism #no wonder I am the way I am #she’s an absolute queen and I am heartbroken that she’s 80 now this bitch better live to Betty white age #just been thinking about her a lot lately #time to reread a portrait in sepia for the umpteenth time #she and Gabriel garcía márquez are just… faves

[suspendedinthevalley]

this poem is hitting hard rn but it’s really pretty so i thought i’d share it here

#poetry #grief #me #quotes i like

[acronychalwitch]

Still, there is this terrible desire to be loved.

Still, there is this horror of being left behind.

- Michael Cunningham, from The Hours (1998)

#michael cunningham #aesthetic #dark academia #art #quotes #left behind #yearning #dark acadamia aesthetic #self writings #heartache #awsthetic #selfwrote #pinterest #tumblrpost #tumblr text meme #quotes i like

[disgruntledpelicansstuff]

The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city—the whole world—with a person you may never have met.

From The possession - Annie ernaux

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