see...

"SHUT YOUR EYES AND SEE."

~   James Joyce 

byron spencer

sometimes....

"SOMETIMES YOU BREAK YOUR HEART IN THE RIGHT WAY, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN."

                                                                                                                                                    ~   GREGORY DAVID ROBERTS, SHANTARAM  

Ohne Titel VON LAURA SCHAEFFER

tremendous...

"CREATIVE PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS, FLEXIBLE, AND INDEPENDENT WITH A TREMENDOUS SPIRIT AND A LOVE OF PLAY."

~   HENRI MATISSE 

unknown source, via mauvais gout

it's not....

"IT’S NOT A MIRACLE YOU NEED; YOU NEED A CHANGE OF ATTITUDE"

~   ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

Papu (Instagram) via northmagneticpole

hang in...

"HANG IN THERE. IT IS ASTONISHING HOW SHORT A TIME IT CAN TAKE FOR VERY WONDERFUL THINGS TO HAPPEN."

~   FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT

Holiday editorial for The Dreslyn.

even...

"EVEN WITHOUT AN ETERNITY, WE HAVE THIS MOMENT."

~   THEDESERTSIGHS 

via HAUTEBASICS: Regram @fengfan_

I, myself...

"I, MYSELF, AM STRANGE AND UNUSUAL."

~   BEETLEJUICE (1998), Dir. TIM BURTON 

Angela Longton by Nicolas Kantor for Glamour UK, July 2015

but....

"BUT THEN IT PASSED, AS ALL THINGS DO."

                                                                                                                                        ~   KHALED HOSSEINI, AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED  

Maria Svarbova

avoid...

"AVOID DOING WHAT YOU WOULD BLAME OTHERS FOR DOING."

~   THALES

PORTRAIT OF A RIGHT EYE
Artist/maker unknown, English

Made in England, Europe
c. 1800
Watercolor on ivory
1 x 5/8 inches (2.5 x 1.6 cm)

...and I

"…AND I AM OUT WITH LANTERNS, LOOKING FOR MYSELF."

~   Dickinson, Emily // The Letters of Emily Dickinson 

reinhard plank

I desire...

"I DESIRE TO SPEAK SOMEWHERE WITHOUT BOUNDS."

~   HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WALDEN  

Shot by Julia Noni and styled by Kathrin Schiffner for Vogue Germany

time did...

"…TIME DID WHAT IT ALWAYS DOES: SOFTENED THE HARD EDGES."

                                                                                                         ~   SARA BAREILLES, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song 

unknown source, anyone?- via katshandmadewithlove

there is...

"THERE IS ALWAYS A SHEET OF PAPER.
  THERE IS ALWAYS A PEN.
  THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY OUT."

~   H. L. Mencken 

Laurence

to my ears...

"I’M UP TO MY EARS IN UNWRITTEN WORDS."

~   J.D. SALINGER, “Letter to Jean Miller”

Sadie Pinn

I am figuring out....

"I AM FIGURING OUT WHICH PARTS OF MY PERSONALITY ARE MINE 
AND WHICH ONES I CREATED TO PLEASE YOU."

~   LORA MATHIS, The Dust On This Poem Could Choke You
F DE C READER | ISSUE 2 | STRIP-PROJECT | ARCHIVE | DECEMBER 2015

because...

"BECAUSE THERE’S NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE WAY THE OCEAN REFUSES TO STOP KISSING THE SHORELINE, 

NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES IT’S SENT AWAY."

~   Sarah Kay, No Matter the Wreckage

 via 'weissesrauschen

deeply...

"IT IS BOTH A BURDEN AND A BLESSING, TO FEEL EVERYTHING AS DEEPLY AS I DO."

~   DELLA HICKS-WILSON 
(v

Francesca Woodman

I'm thankful....

"I AM THANKFUL FOR MY STRUGGLE BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, I WOULDN’T HAVE STUMBLED UPON MY STRENGTH."

~   Alexandra Elle, Words from a Wanderer 

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