Still loving it! :D
It occurs to me that there are people who weren’t on this website in 2012 and therefore never saw the magical gif that you can actually hear:
It’s been over five years and that still impresses the hell out of me.
Verlassen sind wir doch wie verirrte Kinder im Walde. Wenn Du vor mir stehst und mich ansiehst, was weißt Du von den Schmerzen, die in mir sind und was weiß ich von den Deinen. Und wenn ich mich vor Dir niederwerfen würde und weinen und erzählen, was wüßtest Du von mir mehr als von der Hölle, wenn Dir jemand erzählt, sie ist heiß und fürchterlich. Schon darum sollten wir Menschen vor einander so ehrfürchtig, so nachdenklich, so liebend stehn wie vor dem Eingang zur Hölle
Letter from Franz Kafka to Oskar Pollak
Überall war ich schon, doch nichts reicht an dich heran.
Ich vermisse dich, du sanfte, grausame, unzähmbare Schönheit! An diesem Tage mehr, als je zuvor.
Komm zurück zu mir und mach, dass ich wieder fröhlich bin. Öffne mein Herz und lass Wonne heraus. Blute mich aus, so es sein muss.
Wo ist diese Leichtigkeit? Wer hat sie mir genommen?
Ach wie schön ist Panama.
Hey google, remind me to love myself every day.
Laß dich, Geliebte, nicht reun, daß du mir so schnell dich ergeben! Glaub es, ich denke nicht frech, denke nicht niedrig von dir. Vielfach wirken die Pfeile des Amors: einige ritzen, Und vom schleichenden Gift kranket auf Jahre das Herz. Aber mächtig befiedert, mit frisch geschliffener Schärfe Dringen die andern ins Mark, zünden behende das Blut. In der heroischen Zeit, da Götter und Göttinnen liebten, Folgte Begierde dem Blick, folgte Genuß der Begier. Glaubst du, es habe sich lang die Göttin der Liebe besonnen, Als im Idäischen Hain einst ihr Anchises gefiel? Hätte Luna gesäumt, den schönen Schläfer zu küssen, O, so hätt ihn geschwind, neidend, Aurora geweckt. Hero erblickte Leandern am lauten Fest, und behende Stürzte der Liebende sich heiß in die nächtliche Flut. Rhea Silvia wandert, die fürstliche Jungfrau, den Tiber, Wasser zu schöpfen, hinab, und sie ergreifet der Gott. So erzeugte die Söhne sich Mars! — Die Zwillinge tränket Eine Wölfin, und Rom nennt sich die Fürstin der Welt.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
And yet I adore him. I think he’s quite crazy, and with no place or occupation in life, and far from happy, and philosophically irresponsible – and there is absolutely nobody like him.
Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (via quotespile)
Something tapped me on the shoulder Something whispered, "Come with me," "Leave the world of men behind you, "Come where care may never find you "Come and follow, let me bind you "Where, in that dark, silent sea, "Tempest of the world n'er rages; "There to dream away the ages, "Heedless of Time's turning pages, "Only, come with me." "Who are you?" I asked the phantom, "I am rest from Hate and Pride. "I am friend to king and beggar. "I am Alpha and Omega, "I was councilor to Hagar "But men call me suicide. "I was weary of tide breasting, Weary of the world's behesting, And I lusted for the resting As a lover for his bride. And my soul tugged at its moorings And it whispered, "Set me free. "I am weary of this battle, "Of this world of human cattle, "All this dreary noise and prattle. "This you owe to me." Long I sat and long I pondered, On the life that I had squandered, O'er the paths that I had wandered Never Free. In the shadow panorama Passed life's struggles and its fray. And my soul tugged with new vigor, Huger grew the phantom's figure, As I slowly tugged the trigger, Saw the world fade swift away. Through the fogs old Time came striding, Radiant clouds were 'bout me riding, As my soul when gliding, gliding, From the shadow into day.
The Tempter by Robert E. Howard
I always liked Bill and Bobby best. <3
I am not the first person you loved. You are not the first person I looked at with a mouthful of forevers. We have both known loss like the sharp edges of a knife. We have both lived with lips more scar tissue than skin. Our love came unannounced in the middle of the night. Our love came when we’d given up on asking love to come. I think that has to be part of its miracle. This is how we heal. I will kiss you like forgiveness. You will hold me like I’m hope. Our arms will bandage and we will press promises between us like flowers in a book. I will write sonnets to the salt of sweat on your skin. I will write novels to the scar of your nose. I will write a dictionary of all the words I have used trying to describe the way it feels to have finally, finally found you. And I will not be afraid of your scars. I know sometimes it’s still hard to let me see you in all your cracked perfection, but please know: whether it’s the days you burn more brilliant than the sun or the nights you collapse into my lap your body broken into a thousand questions, you are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. I will love you when you are a still day. I will love you when you are a hurricane.
Clementine von Radics
The Lovers will drink wine night and day. They will drink until they can tear away the veils of intellect and melt away the layers of shame and modesty. When in Love, body, mind, heart and soul don’t even exist. Become this, fall in Love, and you will not be separated again.
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī
Bookish – Weido – Inked – Old – Vegan – Well Travelled – Philomuse – Eccentric – Timid
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