We live our lives in black

Combine two things that make no sense together and it’ll make sense.

[petaltexturedskies]

Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anais Nin Vol. II: 1934-1939

[thoughtkick]

“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?”

— Anthony Doerr

[whendidmythoughtsgocrazy]

And if I'm meant to be alone, please take away my desire to be loved.

k.b. // unknown

[melanch-oholic]

!!!!!

[mournfulroses]

D. H. Lawrence, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence

[paper-wounds]

[nixscriptum]

[tenderlypressed]

[mournfulroses]

Yosa Buson, from a tanka featured in From the country of Eight Islands; an anthology of Japanese Poetry

[shoujo-dreamland]

[mournfulroses]

Rosa Chacel, from a diary entry featured in Diario, originally published in 1993

[lunamonchtuna]

— Rachel Mennies, from The Naomi Letters "April 18, 2017" (via lunamonchtuna)

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

[metamorphesque]

  — Hope is Lonely, Kim Seung Hee (tr. Brother Anthony)

[text ID: hope and I, / hope is a life sentence, / hope is lonely.]

[metamorphesque]

The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

[mournfulroses]

Catherynne M. Valente, from her novel titled "Deathless," originally published in 2011

[qvotext]

You have no idea what a charming memory you are to me.

Friedrich Nietzsche 

[metamorphesque]

The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King, J.R.R Tolkien