When Oscar Wilde Said "i'm Tired Of Myself Tonight, I Should Like To Be Someone Else' And When Sylvia

“—in that blurred state between awake and asleep when too many intake valves are open in the soul.”

— Anne Carson, excerpt of “XIX. From the Archaic to the Fast Self”, in Autobiography of Red

“You will never have to question my loyalty.”

— Unknown

“I love your name. (…) I pray it into the night till its letters are light.”

— Carol Ann Duffy, from Name in “Rapture”

“There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.”

— Elizabeth David (via quotemadness)

“One of the most amazing things that can happen is finding someone who sees everything you are and won’t let you be anything less. They see the potential of you. They see endless possibilities. And through their eyes, you start to see yourself the same way. As someone who matters. As someone who can make a difference in this world.”

— Susane Colasanti

“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt