“And though my love did not leave, it went down into deeper darker places.”
— Lidia Yuknavitch, from The Chronology of Water: A Memoir (Canongate, 2019)
“I let it go. It’s like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.”
— Joanne Harris (via quotemadness)
“Any idiot can face a crisis; it’s this day-to-day living that wears you out.”
—
Anton Chekhov (b. 29 January 1860)
― Emily Dickinson
“And we together sadly sank Into a reverie.”
— Emily Brontë, from A Day Dream
“I am in a quiet way blooming.”
— May Sarton, Recovering: A Journal
mary oliver, the pond
“I must change my life so that I can live it, not wait for it.”
— Susan Sontag (b. 16 January 1933)
Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
— Haruki Murakami