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Charlotte Brontë, from a prose piece included in The Complete Works of the Brontë Sisters

Franz Kafka, from a letter to Milena Jesenka featured in "Letters to Milena,

Franz Kafka, from a letter to Milena Jesenka featured in "Letters to Milena,

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Leonard Woolf, featured in The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf

Traci Brimhal, from her poem titled "Love Poem Without a Drop of Hyperbole in It,"

— Oscar Wilde

Martha Gellhorn, from a letter to William Walton featured in The Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn

Anne Sexton, from The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton; "The Balance Wheel,"

Martha Gellhorn, from a letter to Robert Sherrod featured in The Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn

Tezer Özlü, from her novel titled "Cold Nights of Childhood," published in 1980

Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1947-1955

Willa Cather // Franz Kafka

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vanessa Bell, featured in The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf

Strawberry Crepe Cake by SomSsi Korea (솜씨 코리아)

— Louise Glück, "The Burning Heart"