“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.”
Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death.
“The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ~WB Yeats
i want to be loved but not like that. peer into my small indoor life and ask for the bits you want to keep like a garage sale or a free sofa in the street. i miss all the storms i’ve slept through. i want to be loved the way the thunder surprises us, fast and possible like a reminder. yes i need a lot of reminding. of wrapping up, cleaning, showering in the dark so i don’t have to look at myself. peer into my life. my envelopes opened with small knives, my closet with its mostly stained clothes. peer into my envelope. ask that i fold neatly around you and divulge…
“Some days, I feel everything at once. Other days, I feeling nothing at all. I don’t know what’s worse: drowning beneath the waves or dying from the thirst.”
— o.m
“Every now and then, time seems to pass without my being aware of it. I get confused. The day starts and the day ends, and all of a sudden it’s nighttime. Where have I been? What have I done?”
— Linn Ullmann, from Stella Descending (Picador, 2000)
"ولو خيروني لكررت حبك للمرة الثانية."
Translation:
"And if they made me choose, I'd choose to love you once more."
– Via "warag-3nb" on Tumblr
"و في قلبي مدينة كُل سُكانها أنتي."
Translation:
"And there is a city in my heart where you are its only population."
– Quote to owner
"I am constantly trying to communicate something in- communicable, to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones."
— Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena
“I like simple things… books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
— Daphne du Maurier