but who prays for satan?

z. xxxiv. writer. editor. designer. artist. insomniac.

[letterkive]

Safia Elhillo, “Orpheus” from Girls That Never Die: Poems

text ID: And all I know about Eurydice is that she died. My every other fact about her is about him

[mournfulroses]

Nikita Gill, from Your Heart is the Sea: Poems; "The Anguish," originally published in 2018

[flowerytale]

Edna St. Vincent Millay, from “Wild Swans”, Collected Poems

[thehopefulquotes]

“I must walk on the edge of myself.”

— Ilya Kaminsky, from Dancing in Odessa; “Author’s Prayer,

[senso1954]

from picnic by emily berry (in “stranger, baby” )

[runningfromadream]

“I made myself a promise: even if it meant becoming a stranger to my loved ones, even if it meant keeping secrets, I would have a life of my own.”

— Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives

[strokeofserenity]

Ocean Vuong, Night Sky With Exit Wounds.

[lets-get-lit]

Love was an action, an instinct, a response roused by unplanned moments and small gestures, an inconvenience in someone else’s favor.

- Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

[belamercado]

While I can't have you, I long for you. I am the kind of person who would miss a train or a plane to meet you for coffee. I'd take a taxi across town to see you for ten minutes. I'd wait outside all night if I thought you would open the door in the morning.

- Jeanette Winterson

[wolfyoucanttame]

The good news is I survived knowing you. The bad news is you were something I had to survive.

-fortesa Lafiti

[primulaceas]

Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives

[perfectquote]

“We are tied to each other. We can hate and love, miss and loathe each other all within the same breath. We can never want to see each other again while never wanting to let go.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid, After I Do

[flowerytale]

Safia Elhillo, from Girls That Never Die: Poems

[typewriter-worries]

Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert

[ Text ID: Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. ]

[kinaari]

“through the gate into dusk you’ve gone like the day.”

—Paul Guest (Mentioned in ‘Our Numbered Days’)

[thoughtkick]

“Girls like her were born in a storm. They have lightning in their souls. Thunder in their hearts. And chaos in their bones.”

— Nikita Gill

[wedarkacademia]

You wont find the same person twice, not even in the same person

- Mahmoud Darwish