We journey towards a home that does not halo our head with a special sun.
Mythical women applaud us. A sea for us, a sea against us.
-Mahmoud Darwish [Unfortunately, It Was Paradise]
Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals [ID in alt text]
fatima aamer bilal, excerpt from moony moonless sky’s ‘i am an observer, but not by choice.’
[text id: my fist has always been clenched around the handle of an invisible suitcase. / i am always ready to leave. / there is not a single room in this world where i belong.]
D. H. Lawrence, from The Complete Novels and Writings of D. H. Lawrence
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April, 1932 The diary of Anaïs Nin [Volume One: 1931-1934]
I'm always praying for your happiness.
what is a sinner to me , a mirror reflecting back on me
the thing about having a job is i just don’t want to do it. Sorry
She painted her soul like a beautiful sky,
made me sit down and stare at her eternal beauty.
~k
If You Go Away, Rod McKuen (English adaptation of "Ne me quitte pas" ("Don't leave me") by Jacques Brel)