Number 99: Just As I Am

“People say that your dreams are the only things that save you.”

“—“Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.” - Yasmin Mogahed ”

“Maybe I’m getting tired – I can’t think of anything but nights with you. I want them warm and silvery.”

“—“Nothing is more real than nothing.” - Samuel Beckett”

“The sunset and the gentle moon, the blessed motion of the leaves and the murmuring of waters are all sweet physicians to a distempered mind. The soul is expanded and drinks in quiet,”

“—“I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts.” - Friedrich Nietzsche”

“I am alone. I am eating my heart out.”

“I am the soul in agony. This passion is mine.”

“—“All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.” - Edgar Allan Poe”

“Love and fear. The most destructive forces on earth. Fear had turned her inside out, love had made her stupid.”

“I’m sick of it I’m sick of it sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick.”

“—“Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep.” - Charles M. Schulz (via quotemadness)”

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering… these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love… these are what we stay alive for.”