I am dancing...

"I AM LIKE A TREE
IN THE WIND.
I AM ROOTED,
AND I’M DANCING."

~   Pavana पवन
(via MAZA-DOHTA)

Valentino Spring/Summer 2013 by Sarah Moon.

nothing...

"NOTHING WILL TELL YOU

WHERE YOU ARE.

EACH MOMENT IS A PLACE

YOU’VE NEVER BEEN."

~  Mark Strand, “Black Maps” 

Photographed by Estelle Hanania for Alla Carta

In...

"…IN MY HEART THERE WAS A KIND OF FIGHTING

THAT WOULD NOT LET ME SLEEP."

~   WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet 

Lita Bosch

keeping things whole...

"

IN A FIELD

I AM THE ABSENCE
OF FIELD.
THIS IS
ALWAYS THE CASE.
WHEREVER I AM
I AM WHAT IS MISSING.

WHEN I WALK
I PART THE AIR
AND ALWAYS
THE AIR MOVES IN
TO FILL THE SPACES
WHERE MY BODY’S BEEN.

WE ALL HAVE REASONS
FOR MOVING.
I MOVE
TO KEEP THINGS WHOLE."

~   Mark Strand, “KEEPING THINGS WHOLE” 

lily mcmenamy by driu & tiago for tush #35

A good story...

"A GOOD STORY SHOULD MAKE YOU LAUGH, 

AND A MOMENT LATER BREAK YOUR HEART."

~  Chuck Palahniuk, Stranger Than Fiction 

Photography Nhu Xuan Hua, Anilionyte, The imprinted figure

I am...

"I AM WRITING TO YOU WITH MY EYES."

~   Frida Kahlo, from THE DIARY OF FRIDA KAHLO: AN INTIMATE SELF-PORTRAIT 

Julia Campbell-Gillies by Kent Andreasen

Quieten...

"QUIETEN YOUR MIND.
REFLECT.
WATCH.
NOTHING BINDS YOU.
YOU ARE FREE."

~   Buddha 

Art & Craft by Lee Gun Ho for Vogue Korea, March 2013

why?...

"WHY IS IT SO HARD TO ARTICULATE LOVE YET SO EASY TO EXPRESS DISAPPOINTMENT?"

~  Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants

#1 CRUSH EDITORIAL: BULLETT MAGAZINE | Photography: AMBER MAHONEY | Model: Kristina Pechenkina | Styling: ALI BRESLIN

evil....

"IS EVIL SOMETHING YOU ARE? OR IS IT SOMETHING YOU DO?"

~Bret Easton Ellis,  American Psycho 

StephaniaDapolla

both definitely both

tolerance...

"TOLERANCE BECOMES A CRIME WHEN APPLIED TO EVIL."

~   Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain 

India Rose

rude people...

"THE LESS YOU RESPOND TO RUDE, CRITICAL, ARGUMENTATIVE PEOPLE … 

THE MORE PEACEFUL YOUR LIFE WILL BECOME."

~   Mandy Hale 

Adeline Mai for Sonia Rykiel

rivers...

"PEOPLE ARE RIVERS, ALWAYS READY TO MOVE FROM ONE STATE OF BEING INTO ANOTHER. 

IT IS NOT FAIR, TO TREAT PEOPLE AS IF THEY ARE FINISHED BEINGS. 

EVERYONE IS ALWAYS BECOMING AND UNBECOMING."

~ Kathleen Winter, Annabel

Paul Jung

The mind...

"…THE MIND IS LIKE AN ICEBERG, IT FLOATS WITH ONE-SEVENTH OF ITS BULK ABOVE WATER…"

~   Sigmund Freud

La vie d’Adèle (Blue Is the Warmest Color), via Tinsels

I am...

"I AM
A SERIES OF
SMALL VICTORIES
AND LARGE DEFEATS
AND I AM AS
AMAZED
AS ANY OTHER
THAT
I HAVE GOTTEN
FROM THERE TO
HERE."

~ Charles Bukowski

Oyster Fashion: ‘Place Beyond The Pines’ Shot By Darren Ankenman

it's so hard to leave...

"IT IS SO HARD TO LEAVE—UNTIL YOU LEAVE. 

AND THEN IT IS THE EASIEST GODDAMNED THING IN THE WORLD."

~  John Green, Paper Towns

Saskia de Brauw by Annemarieke van Drimmelen for Interview Germany, April 2015

I am not....

I’M NOT TOTALLY MAD AT YOU. 

I’M JUST SAD. 

YOU’RE ALL LOCKED UP IN THAT LITTLE WORLD OF YOURS, 

AND WHEN I TRY KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, 

YOU JUST SORT OF LOOK UP FOR A SECOND AND GO RIGHT BACK INSIDE."

~   Haruki Murakami 

photographed by Amarpaul Kalirai for HUNGER

I've never been...

I’VE NEVER BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH

TO TELL YOU HOW I FEEL.

MY THOUGHTS OF YOU ARE BONES

HIDDEN BENEATH THE DIRT. 

THERE’S A LION IN MY CHEST

ROARING INSIDE MY THROAT,

HE BEATS AGAINST MY RIBS

WHENEVER YOU ARE NEAR. 

I LOVE YOU THE WAY A MOTHER ANTELOPE

FALLS ASLEEP WITH HER CALVES:

IN A CRADLE OF SILENCE HELD BENEATH

THE EYES OF A STARVING MOON.

MY CHEST IS A JUNGLE FULL OF BODIES

BLEEDING AND BEGGING FOR LIFE,

YOUR NAME IS A STRANGLED BREATH,

AND I LOVE YOU.

I’M SORRY I STILL CAN’T SAY IT

WITHOUT SWALLOWING YOU WHOLE.

"

~   Pavana पवन

A.F Vandevorst  Fall 2015 via STYLE.COM

I plant...

"I PLANT SEEDS

WHEN IT RAINS.

I AM ALWAYS IN BLOOM."

~   Pavana पवन

AND-OTHER-STORIES:

& Other Stories | With soft notes of violets and peonies, Floral Memento has joined our fragrance family.

these...

"THESE PAINS YOU FEEL ARE MESSENGERS. LISTEN TO THEM."

~   Rumi

Johanna Wallin

grows...

"RAISE YOUR WORDS, NOT VOICE. IT IS RAIN THAT GROWS FLOWERS, NOT THUNDER."

~   Rumi  

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Nobuyoshi Araki

silence is....

"SILENCE IS ONLY FRIGHTENING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPULSIVELY VERBALIZING."

~   WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 

Kasia Bielska

refuse...

"TO YOUR MAD WORLD—ONE ANSWER: I REFUSE."

~   Tsvetaeva, Marina. “Poems to Czechoslovakia” 

unknown original source via KIERSTENCROWLEY

I am...

"I AM SEEKING, I AM STRIVING, I AM IN IT WITH ALL MY HEART."

~   VINCENT VAN GOGH

kasia bielska