the journey of words

— roach-works

Anaïs Nin, from a novel titled "A Spy in the House of Love," published in 1954

{Words by José Olivarez from Citizen Illegal /@fatimaamerbilal , from even flesh eaters don't want me.}

Naomi Shihab Nye, from You & Yours: Poems; "Stay," originally published in 2005

Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (via quotespile)

— Paul Guest, from “1987.”

— Shelley Puhak, from "portrait of the artist as Cassandra," Harbinger

Rachel Carson, Under the Sea Wind (via thirdity)

Let it go.]

Edwidge Danticat, The Art of Death (via quotespile)

[TEXT ID: "I appreciate your concern. None of this is your fault. It's me. It's me and my head. / In winter, I collapse." END ID]

William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch (via quotespile)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (via quotemadness)

Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, tr. by Dianne Levitin, from “She Is Shameless,”