“…It’s As If My Heart Is Surrounded By A Hundred Petals.”

“The path isn’t a straight line; it’s a spiral. You continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deeper truths.”

— Barry H. Gillespie

Cecília Meireles, from "In Autumn, My Heart," featured in Antologia poética

J.R.R. Tolkien, from The Return of the King

“—I want to change: I want to stop fear’s subtle / guidance of my life—”

— Frank Bidart, from Half-light: Collected Poems; “California Plush”

Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

“Cerebral, bewitching, and heartless.”

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

“I do not think I’m easy to define. I have a wandering mind. And I’m not anything that you think I am.”

— Syd Barrett (via quotemadness)

Anaïs Nin, The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1920–1923

“Sometimes I get up early and even my soul is wet. Far away the sea sounds and resounds. This is a port. Here I love you. Here I love you and the horizon hides you in vain.”

— Pablo Neruda, from “Here I Love You” (via oofpoetry)

♡ fairytale-like words ♡

sea silk, sea foam, sea glass, honeydew, moonflowers, snowy eyelashes, pink powdered, otherworldly, lily eyed, misty days, melancholic dreamer, melodies, peach nectar, fallen rose petals, petals, glowing dreams, dazzling, gleaming, glassy eyes, ocean, sea,wavy hair, water nymph, mermaid, siren, faery, soft lullabies, ocean eyes, honeysuckle, ghost, tangled hair, dewdrops, dewy skin, shiny moonlight, innocent lamb, peachy cheeks, fairytales, velvet, fawn, doe eyed, sugar coated, wonderland, bunnies, enchanting, rose scented tears, rain, angels.