It Is The Spectator, Not Life, That Art Really Mirrors

“Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.”

— W. S. Merwin, Separation

I wish we had met before the world ruined me

I wish I could love you as the person you deserve

“Sensitive people should be treasured. They love deeply and think deeply about life. They are loyal, honest and true. The simple things often mean the most to them. They don’t need to change or harden. Their purity makes them who they are.”

— Unknown

Nazim Hikmet, trans. by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk

“Why not take a chance and bet on happiness?”

— Jenny Han

“To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don’t let it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.”

— Albert Einstein

“Sometimes the happiest ending isn’t the one you keep longing for, but something you absolutely cannot see from where you are.”

— Shauna Niequist

I want to be sixteen again

“A friend to all is a friend to none.”

— Aristotle