The Power of Words

[maya-breganja]

I am the gap between what I am and what I am not.

Fernando Pessoa

[quotemadness]

I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps but other people emphasize my loneliness.

Anais Nin

[ichgehornurmir-blog]

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!

She Walks in Beauty, Lord Byron

Poem of the Day

(via ichgehornurmir-blog)

[qvotext]

Almost. It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe.

Joan Bauer; Almost Home (via qvotext)

[thebookquotes]

It is better to lose someone with your entire self than to hold on to him with just a fraction of yourself.

— Marina Tsvetaeva, Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922

[larmoyante]

“I want sunlight, clear air, and silence.”

— Alice Notley, Certain Magical Acts, “Voices”

[maya-breganja]

Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.

Rumi

[maya-breganja]

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

Anais Nin

[maya-breganja]

Something changes the moment you decide you’ve found a person you’re ready to reveal parts of your soul to. Something stands out and makes the moment unique. A profound multidimensional clarity resembling a piece of carefully gathered stardust; As if you are whispering “finally” and your eyes fill with light and spontaneity. As if you do not care whether your heart will melt or crumble in the process because your brief courage undoes your tremendous fear of disbelief. You live for these moments; For you are, maybe for one second or more, sweetly forced to surrender yourself to unconditional intimacy. A moment of psychological reward smashing all self-imposed disciplines founded on terror. This is all you need.

Anais Nin

[surqrised]

It’s all messy: the hair, the bed, the words, the heart. Life.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(via surqrised)

[bnmxfld]

“Because with the right person, sometimes kissing feels like healing.”

— Lisa McMann

[finita--la--commedia]

I would comfort you — soothe you — tranquillize you.

Edgar Allan Poe, from a letter to Sarah Helen Whitman (October 1, 1848)

[maya-breganja]

The only advice ... that one person can give another ... is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own conclusions

Virginia Woolf

[maya-breganja]

I belong to quick, futile moments of intense feeling. Yes, I belong to moments. Not to people.

Virginia Woolf

[maya-breganja]

A different language is a different vision of life.

Federico Fellini

[maya-breganja]

One of the greatest handicaps is to fear a mistake. You have stopped yourself. You have to move freely into the arena, not just to wait for the perfect situation, the perfect moment... If You have to make a mistake, it's better to make a mistake of action than one of inaction.

Federico Fellini

[maya-breganja]

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Virginia Woolf