If you never saw the stars, candles were enough.
“It is not only that I am tired. I am sunk in a lethargy of boredom too deep for action of any kind.”
— Edna St. Vincent Millay, from a letter to Eugene Jan Boissevain
“The answer would be: I write because I have read.”
— Kate Briggs, This Little Art (via antigonick)
Inktober Day 03: Path
“Now, every time I witness a strong person, I want to know: What darkness did you conquer in your story? Mountains do not rise without earthquakes.”
— Katherine MacKenett
“Everything you have ever felt, everything you’ve buried... Forget the bottle. Let your chaos explode.”
Fortune Teller reading my palm: It just says “yikes.”
girls don’t want boys girls want pretty hardcover editions of literary classics
the fact that i’m not on a balcony in italy watching the sun set eating fresh fruit with my lover is offensive
Certain words can change your brain forever and ever so you do have to be very careful about it.
@perseusnet ··– q u e s t # 2, who’s your godly parent? · · · a p o l l o The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo is the god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the sun and light, poetry, and more. (insp.)