Flying over Kaiteur Falls, Guyana

IF WE WANT THE REWARDS OF BEING LOVED WE MUST SUBMIT TO THE MORTIFYING ORDEAL OF BEING KNOWN!!!!

— Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (via quotespile)

Maria Laina, tr. by Karen van Dyck, from “Hers,” published c. October 1985

Rosalind M. Baker, from Woman Prayers: Prayers by Women; “Breakdown,”

my constant need for affection vs my disgust of vulnerability

reblog for 10 years of peaceful sleep every night

by Steve Skafte

Dylan Thomas, from a letter to Caitlin Thomas written c. March 1950 (via violentwavesofemotion)

Sylvia Plath (via quotemadness)

Losing Reality.