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May 2012

44 posts

HoneymoonO: The word was bornin the blood,it grew in the dark body, pulsing,and... → honeymoon0.tumblr.com

I wish I knew Spanish just so I could read this sans translation.

honeymoon0:

The word was born

in the blood,

it grew in the dark body, pulsing,

and took flight with the lips and mouth.

Farther away and nearer,

still, still it came

from dead fathers and from wandering races,

from territories that had become stone,

that had tired of their poor…

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April 2012

30 posts

“What a slut time is. She screws everybody.” —― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via literarybadasses)

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Apr 28, 20129,107 notes

A Poet Reflects: “The good poem allows us to believe we have a soul. In the presence of... → apoetreflects.tumblr.com

apoetreflects:

“The good poem allows us to believe we have a soul. In the presence of a good poem we remember/discover the soul has an appetite, and that appetite is for emotional veracity and for the unsayable. The general condition of the soul, therefore, is stoic hunger, stoic loneliness.

Paul Eluard wrote,…

Apr 26, 2012143 notes

Apr 26, 20122,363 notes

“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.” — Edgar Allan Poe (via caigecollect)

Apr 24, 20124,461 notes

“I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.” —William Faulkner (via talkativolive)

Apr 24, 2012238 notes

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Apr 18, 20121,080 notes

“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.” —Ernest Hemingway  (via quoththeculture)

Apr 17, 20125 notes

Apr 16, 2012117 notes

“I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.” —James A. Michener (via kingsrow)

Apr 16, 201215 notes

Apr 15, 201258,877 notes

“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.” —Anaïs Nin (via sailingaugust)

Apr 15, 201215 notes

“Fear isn’t so difficult to understand. After all, weren’t we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It’s just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual.” —(via laesenbog)

Apr 15, 20123 notes

“Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly and tell it as best you can. I’m not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.” —Neil Gaiman (via 1000eternities)

Apr 15, 201223 notes

“There was such an incredible logic to kissing, such a metal-to-magnet pull between two people that it was a wonder that they found the strength to prevent themselves from succumbing every second. Rightfully, the world should be a whirlpool of kissing into which we sank and never found the strength to rise up again.” —Ann Patchett | Bel Canto (via blogut)

Apr 13, 2012583 notes