no one knows it, but she, she saved me

— Velimir Khlebnikov, from Collected Poems, Writings; “Venus and the Shaman,”

Love/Juice (2000), Kaze Shindo

— Eugene O'Neill, from Complete Plays 1932-1943 ; “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” (via 19-5-5)

I’ve always been a coward and I’ve never known what’s good for me. Artwork by Don Nance. Page from my journal.

Ian Curtis on stage with Joy Division at The Factory in Manchester, 1979.

— Margaret Atwood, from “The Year of the Flood,” published c. 2009 (edited)

— Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair

— Me (via depressedanxietydeath)

Duane Michals, from the series Person to person, 1974

Eva Herzigová by Maciek Kobielski for Marie Claire Italia

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds live Athens 1987