#lit

[mournfulroses]

Ernesto Sabato, from his novel titled “The Tunnel,” originally published c. May 1948

[thepersonalquotes]

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[shisasan]

September 22, 1917 The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923

[emotionalwords]

i’m such a “why?” person; i want reasons, and i need to understand

[thoughtkick]

They burned the bridge, then ask why I don’t visit.

Ugo Eze

[feelingsoftheday]

words be sticking with me fr.. i’ll never forget what you said to me

[perfectquote]

The deeper the wound, the more private the pain.

Isabel Allende, Paula

[perfectfeelings]

You become what you surround yourself with. Energies are contagious. Choose carefully. Your environment will become you.

Unknown

[soracities]

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

[sleeplessv0id]

what doesn't kill you makes you weird at intimacy

[monstrousliarstold]

[mournfulroses]

Colette, translated by Antonia White from “Gribiche,” written c. February 1937

[thepersonalquotes]

fast replies, attention, & effort >>>

[shisasan]

September 1, 1937 The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (1924-1941)

[emotionalwords]

Once you realize life goes on you’ll be ok without anybody.

[thoughtkick]

You have to get to a point where your mood doesn’t shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else.

Unknown