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White Nights, Fyodor Dostoevsky
White Nights, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Clarice Lispector, A Breath of Life
Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies
Nikki Giovanni, The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998
Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You
— Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena
Leigh Bardugo (via quotemadness)
“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on the verge of becoming, waiting for that life I thought I would have. In my head, I was always one step away.”
— Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines
“My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.”
— Tom Robbins (via quotemadness)
“Look, let me put it this way: with me, you’re number one and there isn’t even a number two.”
— Charles Bukowski (via quotemadness)
I found you without looking , and loved you without trying
“Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.”
— Alfred Adler (via quotemadness)
“The best revenge is living well without you.”
— Joyce Carol Oates (via quotemadness)
“I needed to be somewhere different. Maybe I needed to be someone different, too.”
— Heather Davis // The Clearing
So pretty
“For a long time I’ve held you in my eye, and from all others have chosen you as if you were a star;”
— Angelos Sikelianos, tr. by Kimon Friar, from Modern Greek Poetry; “Sparta,”