December 2011
“I’m sorry, but it’s been a long time since I’ve talked about certain things. So...”
– A Happy Death by Albert Camus (via colporteur)
“These sudden ends of time must give us pause.
We fray into the future, rarely...”
– Richard Wilbur, from “Year’s End” (via growing-orbits)
Amidst Worlds - by Innokenty Annensky →
Amidst worlds, and radiant star A lustrous light, I murmur Her name and sigh… Not because She was mine to love afar, But merely because I suffer those drawn nigh. And if my anguished doubts remain, I wish to divine Her answer on this night, Not because the light She sheds will sustain, Only because with Her I need no light.
translation by LynnChakoian and S. Albertoff
January 2011 - August 2011
...
It’s as if a painter started with eyes →
It’s as if a painter started with eyes, the lines along a rim and irises aglow, to determine how the rest of the face fell onto the canvas or scrap that follow from brush to palette mixing the shades and hues in a fine gloss on flat surface. Then like life, by some jump, fingertips scratched into focus, fondling or feelings, then an ear comes round in sympathy for the difficulties life presents...
“I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is...”
– Mark Haddon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Rare Words
acosmist - One who believes that nothing exists paralian - A person who lives near the sea aureate - Pertaining to the fancy or flowery words used by poets dwale - To wander about deliriously sabaism - The worship of stars dysphoria - An unwell feeling aubade - A love song which is sung at dawn eumoirous - Happiness due to being honest and wholesome mimp - To speak in a prissy manner, usually...
WindowPanes.
birdcagesribcages:
You are. A train. Of Thought. And I am. The flock. Of Wolves (always howling at your moons)
Rigid as if swimming in cold water. The black-holes of your eyes widened
breath by breath.
“I will remember your small room, the feel of you, the light in the window, your...”
– Charles Bukowski (via thesinnerandthesin)
“I shall have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love, love, love above all....”
– Tom Stoppard (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)
“It’s a wonderful feeling to realize that you’re allowed to kiss the one that you...”
– Shinji Moon (via halfstrippedtrees)
“I am so sorry
for the staggering burden
that is loving me.”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
“Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is...”
– Edgar Allan Poe (via misswallflower)
“She was illusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of...”
– Jerry Spinelli (via serialstranger)
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“He dug so deeply into her sentiments that in search of interest he found love,...”
– Gabriel García Márquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude) | colacarla (via quote-book)
