“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
— The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje (b. 12 September 1943)
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“Let yourself be softened.”
— Mary Shelley, from “Mathilda,” originally published c. October 1819
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“I disappeared into books when I was very young, disappeared into them like someone running into the woods.”
— Rebecca Solnit
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I was calm, no one wants the kind of calm I was.
Stephen Dunn, from New and Selected Poems, 1974-1994; “The Waiting,”
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“She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cosy bed, and to love and be loved in return.”
— Starra Neely Blade (via wordsnquotes)
“I’m an observer. I read about life. I research life. I find a corner in a room and melt into it. I can become invisible. It’s an art, and I am a wonderful practitioner.”
— Christine Feehan (via quotemadness)
“What I loved in my old life I haven’t forgotten It lives in my spine.”
— Leonard Cohen “Days of Kindness” in Stranger Music (via blackshivers)
“You don’t test a gentle person the way that you don’t steep tea for too long. Submerge me and I will imbue, and what was sweet will be bitter. I will be strong on your tongue and unpleasant to the taste, and you’ll regret drowning me in your guile.My gentleness is not for your taking.”
— n.t. (via synemporos)