Wasting Quotes

A collection of words that have been said.

[mournfulroses]

Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume, from a poem titled "Like the sedge of sun-dominated Naniwa," featured in Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology

[quotespile]

“Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.”

— Yann Martel, Life of Pi

[thoughtkick]

“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice.”

— J.D. Salinger

[mournfulroses]

Sylvia Plath, from a diary entry featured in The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

[quotefeeling]

“I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.”

— Robin Williams

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Maria Eugenia Calderara, from Poems of Exile; “I Still Don't Know Your Name,”

[mournfulroses]

Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Susan Huntington featured in "Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson’s Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson,"

[paper-wounds]

fatima aamer bilal, excerpt from moony moonless sky's

'i am an observer, but not by choice.'

[laestrellaa]

[paper-wounds]

[paper-wounds]

Fortesa Latifi, from The Truth About Grief.

[paper-wounds]

“If I Am Killed For Simply Living” — Althea Davis

[mournfulroses]

Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, from a diary entry featured in The Selected Diaries of Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius

[amybo-bamy]

Don’t threaten me with a good time

[minimalistquotes]

If it costs you your peace, it is too expensive.

-Paulo Coelho

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

[remanence-of-love]