Ancient Greek Word Of The Night: νυκτόμαντις (nyktomantis), one Who Prophesies By Night

Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.”

— Jane Austen

Gabriela Mistral, tr. by Langston Hughes, from Selected Poems; “Quietness,”

Ernest Hemingway, from his novel titled "A Farewell To Arms," originally publ. in 1929

“If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

— John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany (via quotespile)

Vincent van Gogh, from a letter to his brother Theo (London, beginning of January 1874)

Eileen Myles, "Sleepless." I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems 1975 - 2014

Edith Sitwell, Fire of the Mind: The Complete Anthology of Edith Sitwell

“Cerebral, bewitching, and heartless.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, describing Lou Andreas-Salomé, from a letter to Paul Rée written c. September 1879 (via violentwavesofemotion)

Yes, I did write in my letter that I would wait for you forever. I didn’t mean exactly “forever,” I just included it for the rhythm.

— Dunya Mikhail, from “Non-Military Statements,” The War Works Hard tr. Elizabeth Winslow