I’ll Never Be The Loudest In The Room, But I’ll Always Be The One Who Notices When You Need A Quiet

Prologue to F. Dostoevsky's 'Demons' by Jorge Luis Borges

Martha Gellhorn, from a letter to Bernard Berenson featured in The Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn

Simone de Beauvoir, from a diary entry featured in Diary of a Philosophy Student

She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cosy bed, and to love and be loved in return.

Starra Neely Blade

— Anaïs Nin, from The Diary of Anaïs Nin (Vol. 1: 1931-1934) (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

blue jacaranda blossom in 昆明kunming, yunnan province of china

stuck between wanting to feel something and wanting to feel nothing at all

— Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena