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luthienne

The heart keeps sobbing in its sleep.

Emily Dickinson, in a letter to Louise and Frances Norcross, early October 1871 (via luthienne)

quotemadness

Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage, not weakness.

Katherine Henson (via quotemadness)

violentwavesofemotion-deactivat

…my dreams slice me to pieces.

Anne Sexton, from Lost Lies (via writemeanna)

sandovers

In King Lear (III:vii) there is a man who is such a minor character that Shakespeare has not given him even a name: he is merely “First Servant.” All the characters around him – Regan, Cornwall, and Edmund – have fine long-term plans. They think they know how the story is going to end, and they are quite wrong. The servant has no such delusions. He has no notion of how the play is going to go. But he understands the present scene. He sees an abomination (the blinding of old Gloucester) taking place. He will not stand it. His sword is out and pointed at his master’s breast in a moment: then Regan stabs him dead from behind. That is his whole part: eight lines all told. But if it were real life and not a play, that is the part it would be best to have acted.

– C.S. Lewis, “The World’s Last Night” (via sandovers)

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Only one look, only one look is enough.

Arthur C. Fifield, from a letter to Gertrude Stein written c. April 1912 (via violentwavesofemotion)

wordsnquotes

serotinal

(sɪˈrɒt n l, ˌsɛr əˈtaɪn l, adjective) Serotinal is the most romantic and beautiful word pertaining to this time of year, alluding to or occurring in late summer. For example, the breezy, cool nights, the leaves on the ground, the earlier occurrence of the sunset and back to school season are all serotinal manifestations. They are the beginning markings of autumn in the form of summer nostalgia. (via wordsnquotes)