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 
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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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