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Gennady Aygi, tr. by Peter France, from “The People Are a Temple.”

“She believed a great happiness awaited her somewhere, and for this reason she remained calm as the days flew by.”

— Gyula Krúdy (via lareinedefer)

Vladimir Nabokov, from Letters to Véra

“It isn’t necessary that you leave home. Sit at your desk and listen. Don’t even listen, just wait. Don’t wait, be still and alone. The whole world will offer itself to you.”

— Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”

— The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume 1 1931-1934

“She never forgot that day; it was so bright and golden and fair, so free from shadow and so lavish of blossom.”

― L. M. Montgomery, from “Anne of Green Gables.”

“We look up at the same stars, and see such different things.”

— George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords (via wordsnquotes)