“But my anxious heart is eating up my body, eating up my nerves, eating up my brain. I feel this poison slowly filling my veins - every particle becoming slowly tainted…. I am never, never calm, never for an instant.”
— Katherine Mansfield, from a diary entry featured in “ The Diaries of Katherine Mansfield,”
Adonis, tr. by Khaled Mattawa, Selected Poems
“Sometimes you just have to stay silent because no words can explain what’s going on in your heart and mind.”
— Unknown
“Someone asked me what home was and all I could think of were the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your ribcage.”
— E.E. Cummings
“I used to dislike being sensitive. I thought it made me weak. But take away that single trait, and you take away the very essence of who I am. You take away my conscience, my ability to empathize, my intuition, my creativity, my deep appreciation for the little things, my vivid inner life, my deep awareness of others’ pain, and my passion for it all.”
— Unknown
In desperate need of friends who read books, like poetry and want to spend their nights stargazing on the rooftop
“I’d much rather have one great person to talk to every night than have several pointless conversations with temporary people.”
— Unknown
“I want a bond so tight that even on bad terms u still run to me 1st.”
— Unknown
“I will never be good enough for everybody. But I am the best for someone who really appreciates me.”
— Unknown
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