Emily Brontë, from The Collected Works & Poetry of Emily Brontë; “Wuthering Heights,”

Margaret Atwood, from her novel titled "The Handmaid's Tale," originally published in 1985

Federico García Lorca, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of Federico García Lorca

Emily Brontë, from The Collected Works & Poetry of Emily Brontë; “Wuthering Heights,”

Nikos Kazantzakis, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis

Empress Jitō, from a poem titled "The Empress's Song," featured in Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology

Fyodor Dostoevsky, from a letter featured in Letters of Fyodor Michailovitch Dostoevsky to his Family & Friends

Julia de Burgos, from Song of the Simple Truth: Poems of Julia de Burgos; "Return To Me,"

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

Li Qingzhao, from a poem titled "Late Spring," featured in The Complete Poems of Li Qingzhao

— Makenzie Campbell, from a poem featured in "2 a.m. Thoughts," originally published in 2017 (via lunamonchtuna)