“What I count on
is a white birch
that stands
where no human language
is ever heard.”
— Yosano Akiko, from River of Stars, trans. Sam Hamill and Keiko Matsui Gibson
“For your hair was full of roses, and my flesh was full of thorns.”
“And from the empty hillside, only the silence of the elves.”
— Terry Pratchett, from Lords and Ladies
“This morning don’t let the worries of life put you down. Remember that I was, I am and I will always be with you like a faithful friend. Good morning!”
“Because when something happens, she’s the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.”
“Life is wine, you feel the sweet breath of time.
It’s whispering its truth not mine.”
— Interpol
“When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation.”
“I know I’m too much
and loving me can be hard,
but I am worth it.”
“All of a sudden I didn’t fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home… and every time I turned around, another person I’d known forever felt like a stranger to me. Even I felt like...”
