goodreadss:

“Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars.”

— Victor Hugo; Ninety-Three

violentwavesofemotion:

“I know a single slender thing about her: that, loving, she was like a burning birch-tree all tall and glittering fire,”

Amy Lowell, from The Complete Poetical Works of A. L.; “The Sisters,”

trainthief:

Literally just romanticize your own life. What’s stopping you. Who will care. Commit to enjoying things. 

goodreadss:

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

— Socrates
(via goodreadss)

violentwavesofemotion:
“ Anna Akhmatova, from The Selected Poems of Anna Akhmatova; “Parting,” ”

violentwavesofemotion:

Anna Akhmatova, from The Selected Poems of Anna Akhmatova; “Parting,”

violentwavesofemotion:

“You are flooded by fairies and their ephemeral beauty with the secret peaceful light of my dream.”

Maria Polydouri, tr. by Manolis Aligizakis, from “How Can I Say It To You,”