“When You Stand In Front Of Me And Look At Me, What Do You Know Of The Griefs That Are In Me And What

“I am not well; I could have built the Pyramids with the effort it takes me to cling on to life and reason.”

— Franz Kafka, Letters To Felice (via the-book-diaries)

Ocean Vuong, The Weight of Our Living: On Hope, Fire Escapes, and Visible Desperation

“How do we forgive ourselves for all of the things we did not become?”

— Doc Luben, “14 Lines from Love Letters or Suicide Notes”

“Some things are holy enough that they deserve to only be done well.”

— Jared Singer, “Why I Will Never Learn to Play the Cello”

Don’t ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.

Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451 (via the-book-diaries)

And, finally, [Vetinari] kept Leonard around because the man was easy to talk to. He never understood what Lord Vetinari was talking about, he had a world view about as complex as that of a concussed duckling and, above all, never really paid attention. This made him an excellent confidant. After all, when you seek advice from someone it’s certainly not because you want them to give it. You just want them to be there while you talk to yourself.

- Terry Pratchett, Jingo

Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.

(Charles Bukowski)

Suck on it like a good boy.

“I’ve always been interested in people, but I’ve never liked them.”

— Henry James (via quotemadness)