Why does it feel so impossible to let you go?
I see you smiling but you are sad
Velimir Khlebnikov, from The Collected Works of Velimir Khlebnikov; “Lyrics,”
May 6, 1925 Journals of Anais Nin 1923-1927 [volume 3]
Of Mice & Men (c. 1990) - Sean Delonas
May 13th, 1933 Virginia Woolf, “A Writer’s Diary” (1918 - 1941)
-Franz Kafka, from Letters to Felice
having a pure heart is the greatest flex.
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
John Keats, from a letter to Fanny Brawne written c. July 1820, featured in Selected Letters
12 May, 1937 Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov
nah just cuddling ain't enough, I want to merge my soul with hers
4 April, 1927 The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (1924-1941)
May 12 to 13, 1913 Letters to Felice by Franz Kafka First published : 1973
Shen Yueh, translated by Kenneth Rexroth, from "Farewell to Fan Yun at an Ch'eng,"
"𝐽𝑒 𝑡’𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐴𝑢𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑑’ℎ𝑢𝑖. 𝐶𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑟. 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝑃𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠".
—Michelle Hodkin,The Retribution of Mara Dyer (the third book).
I deserve a love that never leaves me guessing.
some days progress feels as small as a single breath drawn in darkness - trembling, uncertain, barely there at all. but remember: even that whispered inhale is the universe continuing its ancient dance through your bones, even that fragile moment is your story refusing to end.