“And Though My Love Did Not Leave, It Went Down Into Deeper Darker Places.”

“I let it go. It’s like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.”

— Joanne Harris (via quotemadness)

“Any idiot can face a crisis; it’s this day-to-day living that wears you out.”

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Anton Chekhov (b. 29 January 1860)

― Emily Dickinson

“And we together sadly sank Into a reverie.”

— Emily Brontë, from A Day Dream

“I am in a quiet way blooming.”

— May Sarton, Recovering: A Journal

mary oliver, the pond

“I must change my life so that I can live it, not wait for it.”

— Susan Sontag (b. 16 January 1933)

Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.

— Haruki Murakami