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Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment (via nitrogen)

Clarice Lispector, from “Charlatans,” Selected Cronicas (via lifeinpoetry)

Lorrie Moore, The Art of Fiction No. 167 (via theparisreview)

“…and I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.” —Dickinson, Emily // The Letters of Emily Dickinson artwork by Marion Fayolle

artwork by Henn Kim

“shoutout to all those people who crave affection but have no idea how to react when it comes their way, to all those who were never taught how to love and feel rejected and misunderstood because they want to show that they care about other people but they don’t know how, to all those who use sarcasm as a defense mechanism and never talk about their problems to others and pretend everything is fine because they just don’t fucking know how to express their feelings and worries and emotions: you are important and valid and right now you might feel lonely and miserable but i swear it will get better and you will be happy and i believe in you and you should too.” —queenentina illustration by mi-kyung choi

today’s convo: “…Many things interested her, and nothing satisfied her entirely.” —Ivan Turgenev “Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.” — T.S. Eliot artwork by Satoshi Kon 今 敏

drawing by Hernan Marin

artwork by Kaori Takara

Photographer: Laurie Bartley