November 2011
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that...
– G. K. Chesterton (via autumndragonfly)
But the essential advantage for a poet is not, to have a beautiful world with...
– T.S. Eliot (via sirenoftheeast
)
That everything is on fire, slow fire, and we’re all less than a million breaths...
– excerpt from The Pale King, by David Foster Wallace
Feeling this.
(via emmakempsell)
Because paper has more patience than people.
– Anne Frank (via pavorst
)
I have fallen for somebody I know I should not even entertain the idea of being with.
But, I can’t help it.
I can’t help thinking of him. Of wishing for him.
Even when I am standing surrounded in a busy room, I am left wanting only for him.
Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your...
– Franz Kafka (via yovita)
It wasn’t my day. My week. My month. My year. My life. God damn it.
– Pulp, Charles Bukowski (via henrycharlesbukowski)