Where Every Scroll is a New Adventure
— Short love letters (Ghassan Kanafani)
― Dorothea Grossman
My chest, my beloved — your land, your home, your homeland.
— Nikos Kazantzakis
The Funeral (1984)
sleepy eyes and a heart full of love
—Sylvia Plath, Letter to Aurelia Plath, 4th May 1962
no one talks about how hard it is when your mood is constantly switching between "its okay, i don't care. i'm fine" and "i don't know how much more i can take"
suicidal in my 20s is crazy i should’ve killed myself when i was 13
― Virginia Woolf, The Waves
“I tried to distract myself from my thoughts, but instead, i felt lonely. i found myself yearning for trees, leaves, ground, and water. they became so dear to me. i wanted to hug them and just forget everything else.”
august in the water (1995)
this is how it feels when a hopeless romantic falls in love —
Chungking Express (1994) dir. Wong Kar-wai
people talk big about dying for love but can't handle living for it. dying is one brave moment. living is a thousand daily humiliations.