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  

Untitled

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