Simone de Beauvoir, from "Inseraparable: A Never Before Published Novel,"

Mahmoud Darwish, from If I Were Another: Selected Poems; "Tuesday and the Weather is Clear,"

Kim Addonizio, from What Is This Thing Called Love: Poems; "''Dear Reader,"

— Rudy Francisco

Joanna Glenn, from her novel titled "All My Mothers," originally published in 2021

— Unknown

Angela Carter, from The Collected Stories; "The Lady of the House of Love,"

— Louise L. Hay

— Jay Vespertine (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

Imam Al-Ghazali

Celia Dropkin, from The Acrobat: Selected Poems of Celia Dropkin; "I Sing You,"

Trista Mateer, from "Aphrodite Made Me Do It," originally published in 2024

{Words by Anaïs Nin, from The Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 4 (1944-1947) / Cynthia Cruz from diagnosis,The glimmering room}