Sylvia Plath

Vladimir Nabokov, from Letters to Véra

Adonis, from “Persons”, Selected Poems

“Envy is nothing else but hatred, in so far as it is disposing a man to rejoice in another’s hurt, and to grieve at another’s advantage.”

— Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

“Any idiot can face a crisis; it’s this day-to-day living that wears you out.”

—

Anton Chekhov (b. 29 January 1860)

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

Novalis, Heinrich von Ofterdingen: A Romance [originally published 1802]

Christina Rossetti, from Poems and Prose; “An Afterthought”

Text ID: Sure she kept one part of Eden / Angels could not strip her of.

“She believed a great happiness awaited her somewhere, and for this reason she remained calm as the days flew by.”

— Gyula Krúdy (via lareinedefer)

“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.”

—

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star / Slow Like Honey - Fiona Apple