jealous...

"I CRAVE A LOVE SO DEEP,
THE OCEAN WOULD BE JEALOUS."

~   KSJ, IRON & WIND 

Edie Campbell in “Moping About” for Love #12 Fall/Winter 14.15, photographed by Drew Jarrett.

no reason...

"MY MOM TAUGHT ME ONE THING:
YOU DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE YOU LOVE THEM. YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM NO REASON TO DOUBT IT."

~   irishjulienne’s, saying i love you is not a habit 

Mark Shearwood

trust...

"I TRUST THE SANITY OF MY VESSEL; AND
IF IT SINKS, IT MAY WELL BE IN ANSWER
TO THE REASONING OF THE ETERNAL VOICES,
THE WAVES WHICH HAVE KEPT ME FROM REACHING YOU."

~   Frank O’Hara, from “TO THE HARBORMASTER”

. Yuvali Theis

we start...

"THE SUN IS PERFECT AND YOU WOKE THIS MORNING.

YOU HAVE ENOUGH LANGUAGE IN YOUR MOUTH TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

YOU HAVE A NAME, AND SOMEONE WANTS TO CALL IT.

FIVE FINGERS ON YOUR HAND AND SOMEONE WANTS TO HOLD IT.

IF WE JUST START THERE, EVERY BEAUTIFUL

THING THAT HAS AND WILL EVER EXIST IS POSSIBLE. IF WE START THERE, EVERYTHING, FOR A MOMENT, IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD."

~   Warsan Shire

Emeline Ghesquière by Emilio Tini for The Room Spring 2012

let...

"LET PEOPLE FEEL THE WEIGHT OF WHO YOU ARE AND LET THEM DEAL WITH IT."

~   John Eldredge, Wild at heart

Maggie Rizer in Alexander McQueen by Mikael Jansson for Dutch, circa 1999

this vision….

"I HAVE THIS VISION: THAT I WOULD FINALLY COME AND FIND YOU.

SCATTERED PIECES OF DISTANCE WOULD NOT STAND IN MY WAY.

NOT NEEDING WORDS; THE BAREST OF GLIMPSES WOULD SUFFICE FOR YOU AND ME."

~   Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

Cecilie Bahnsen‘s Collection 2 lookbook photographed by Olivia Frølich

fdsadas

so can you...

"IF FLOWERS CAN
TEACH THEMSELVES
HOW TO BLOOM AFTER
WINTER PASSES,
SO CAN YOU."

Noor Shirazie, Springtime

Photographed by Richard Avedon for Vogue US December 1970

save...

"A WELL-CHOSEN BOOK SAVES YOU FROM EVERYTHING, INCLUDING YOURSELF."

~   Daniel Pennac

Quentin de Briey steffy.musée rodin june 2014

tonight...

"TONIGHT. UNDER THE MOON.
CHOOSE YOU."

~   nayyirah waheed

 Caroline Bwomono

rest...

"EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE. TAKE OFF YOUR LIFE. AND REST."

~   nayyirah waheed

"turn the dark on" devon aoki by mario sorrenti for the face, oct 1997

healing...

"THE PRACTICE OF FORGIVENESS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE HEALING OF THE WORLD."

~   Marianne Williamson 

kirsten #4, jean-françois lepage for jil sander (unpublished polaroid), 1990

tired...

"TIRED OF FURROWED BROWS,
HANDS SQUEEZING EMPTY SPACES,
AND LONELY SLEEPING."

daily haiku on love by Tyler Knott Gregson

A special: Giorgio Armani, Novembre Magazine, July 2014

i imagine...

"I IMAGINE MY HEART WAS BEING BROKEN TO MAKE IT BIGGER IN ORDER TO EMBRACE SOMETHING I COULDN’T HAVE OTHER WISE."

~   Cathe Laurie

Schön! #25 Kelly Mittendorf by Jens Langkjaer

feeling empty...

"I FEEL EMPTY: THE KIND OF EMPTINESS THAT’S SAD BUT NOT DISTRESSED, PITYING BUT NOT

BROKEN-HEARTED, AND DAMAGED, SOMEHOW, BUT CLEARER AND CLEANER: THERE’S A NAME FOR IT,

A WORD WE OFTEN USE, WITHOUT REALIZING THE UNIVERSE OF PEACE THAT’S ENFOLDED IN IT. 

THE WORD IS FREE."

~   Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

Blue Mirror, 2014, Danielle Nelson Mourning

endlessly….

"THAT’S WHAT WE ALL DO: ENDLESSLY TAKE THE LONG WAY AROUND."

~   Haruki Murakami, Yesterday

“Skin On Skin”. Codie Young for Neil Barrett F/W 2012

listen...

"THE MOST BASIC AND POWERFUL WAY TO CONNECT TO ANOTHER PERSON IS TO LISTEN.

JUST LISTEN. PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE EVER GIVE EACH OTHER IS OUR ATTENTION."

~   Rachel Naomi Remen

"A touch of white". Photographed by Balint Barna

you'll have to learn...

"EVERY NEW DREAM HAS ITS OWN DANCE STEP AND RHYTHM THAT YOU’LL HAVE TO LEARN IF YOU WANT TO PARTNER WITH IT."

~   JONATHAN CARROLL

Lolita book cover

fear...

"FEAR POUNDS ON THE DOOR TO OUR HEART DEMANDING TO BE LET IN.

JOY IS MODEST AND OFTEN COMES INTO OUR LIVES LIKE A SHY PERSON ENTERING A ROOM;

IT CAN TAKE A WHILE TO EVEN NOTICE IT’S THERE."

~    JONATHAN CARROLL

 MENSAKA

things that don't matter….

"I STILL CATCH MYSELF FEELING SAD ABOUT THINGS THAT DON’T MATTER ANYMORE."

~   Kurt Vonnegut 

Markus Pritzi

glory...

"IN MY DEEPEST WOUND I SAW YOUR GLORY, AND IT ASTOUNDED ME."

~   St Augustine 

photographed by Tamas Dobos for The Room

with each breath...

"ALL I NEED IS HERE,
AND I FEEL IT RISE AND FALL
WITH EACH BREATH I TAKE."

~   DAILY HAIKU ON LOVE BY TYLER KNOTT GREGSON 

EMMET GOWIN- Edith in Panama, Leaf Predation - 2005

stay...

"CLOSE YOUR EYES, 

FALL IN LOVE,
STAY THERE."

~   rumi

New York Fashion Photographer Joseph Paradiso and Yuki 

my love...

"

MY LOVE

HAS TOLD ME
THAT HE NEEDS ME.

THAT’S WHY
I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MYSELF
WATCH OUT WHERE I’M GOING AND
FEAR THAT ANY DROP OF RAIN
MIGHT KILL ME."

~   Bertolt Brecht

Prince Lauder

do you know...

"DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THINKING AND FEELING I’VE DONE? IT’S TERRIBLE. AND NOTHING’S COME OF IT."

~   Andrei Platonov, Happy Moscow

Chanel F/W 11-12 Backstage

I am...

"I HAVE LOST AND LOVED AND WON AND CRIED MYSELF TO THE PERSON I AM TODAY."

~   Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps (

Vera Biriukova | Photography - Virgin

soul...

"PLEASANT WORDS ARE A HONEYCOMB, SWEET TO THE SOUL and health to the body…"

~   Proverbs 16:24

ph. Nhu Xuan Hua

be humble...

"BE HUMBLE FOR YOU ARE MADE OF EARTH. BE NOBLE FOR YOU ARE MADE OF STARS."

~   Serbian proverb

Codie Young backstage at Rodarte by Autumn de Wilde