[thatkindofwoman]

“In October I confessed my love for her, and she allowed me to kiss her.”

— Ivan Bunin, from The Collected Short Stories; “The Elagin Affair,” wr. c. 1933

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“I want to tear up the earth until I find you,”

— Miguel Hernández, from Selected Poems; “Elegy,” wr. c. January 1936

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“I know now, what I didn’t then, that affection can’t always be expressed in calm, orderly, articulate ways; and that one cannot prescribe the form it should take for anyone else.”

— Magda Szabó, from “The Door,” published c. November 1987

[wnq-writers]

“I wanted them to understand the language of my eyes; they spoke for me when my tongue couldn’t.”

—

Eye language

via viejawanderingsoul

[purplebuddhaquotes]

“Love comes to those who still love after disappointment, who still believe after betrayal, and who still love after they’ve been hurt.”

—

[wnq-writers]

what i like about her is that she blooms whether you water her or not. whether you give her light or not. she exists without your existence.

iambrillyant  (via wnq-writers)

[wordsnquotes]

And I dream too much and I don’t write enough and I’m trying to find God everywhere.

Anis Mojgai, “For Those Who Can Ride in an Airplane For the First Time” (via wordsnquotes)

[wnq-writers]

Butterflies still roam in abandoned gardens.

luxybuxy  (via wnq-writers)

[wordsnquotes]

Someone once told me that human beings have three dimensions: how you see yourself, how others see you, and how you want others to see you. The closer the distance between the three dimensions, the more at peace you are and the more stable you become.

Marwa Rakha, The Poison Tree  (via wordsnquotes)

[damonbaker]

Cole Sprouse by Damon Baker

[wordsnquotes]

When they ask you what your favorite moment is, you will say her. You will always say her.

Caitlyn Siehl, Her Her Her (via wordsnquotes)

[mavimatruska]

[sleepingtigers]

991:

Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone’s hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.

[psliterary-deactivated20190419]

Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are.

Meg Rosoff (via psliterary)

[coisasdetere]

Salome Kammer as Klarissa Lichtblau cellist (‘Heimat 2’ - 1992) watch Anthonis Van Dyck’s painting 'Mary Ruthven als cellospielerin’. 

[kalbiminagrilari]

[dazed-collective]

more here

[destinydiamante-deactivated2022]

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[thequotejournals]

Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it’s mine.

Tove Jansson, Travelling Light (via wordsnquotes)

[thelovejournals]

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

William Blake (via wordsnquotes)