Henry Ospovat (1877-1909), “Shakespeare’s Sonnets”, 1899.

“Nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it.”

— Unknown (via childmagazine)

“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.”

literature posters; the book thief by markus zusak

سب رُتیں آ کر چلی جاتی ہیں

موسمِ غم بھی تو ہجرت کرتا

۔ پروین شاکر

sab rutai'n aa kar chali jaati hain

mausam e gham bhi to hijrat karta !

(via @qalbtalk)

Tony Hoagland, from “Peaceful Transition”, What Narcissism Means to Me

“It’s all in your head” yeah that’s kind of the entire problem innit

Tumhara hijr mana lun agar ijazat ho, main dil kisi se laga lun agar ijazat ho?

Tumhari yaad mein jeene ki aarzoo hai, kuch apna haal sambhal lun agar ijazat ho?

-Jaun Elia

Ummmm g-guys... anyone wanna listen to talk to me about how much I miss her and am scared about the fact that I'll never get to see her again?

...anyone wanna talk about it?

I mean... this seemed like a good enough platform to ask

Vo ittefaq se mil jaaye raaste mein kahin

mujhe ye shaukh musalsal safar me rakhta hai