#prose

[mournfulroses]

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

[thoughtkick]

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

Ugo Eze

[shisasan]

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

[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

[thoughtcascades]

I be like "I'm a little shy" and the whole time I'm a demon

[thehopefulquotes]

I like cancelled plans. And empty bookstores. I like rainy days. And thunderstorms. And quiet coffee shops. I like messy beds and over-worn pajamas. Most of all, I like the small joys that a simple life brings.

Unknown

[resqectable]

Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our life.

Akshay Dubey

[becomingvecna]

— David Cronenberg, Consumed

[lucidloving]

@roach-works // Melissa Broder, "Problem Area" // Mary Oliver, "The Return" // @annavonsyfert // Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer // Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance // David Levithan, How They Met and Other Stories // Tennessee Williams, Notebooks

[usefulquotes7]

[mournfulroses]

Ernest Hemingway, from his novel titled "A Farewell To Arms," originally publ. in 1929

[thoughtkick]

When you protect yourself from pain, be sure you do not protect yourself from love.

Alan Cohen

[shisasan]

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

[perfectquote]

I’ve always liked quiet people: You never know if they’re dancing in a daydream or if they’re carrying the weight of the world.

John Green, Looking for Alaska

[perfectfeelings]

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

J.R.R. Tolkien