“A cage went in search of a bird.”
— Franz Kafka
a love so nice its echoed in dreams!!
“It’s spring, you’re young, you’re lovely, you have a right to be happy. Come back into the world.”
— Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“Be softer with you. You are a breathing thing. A memory to someone. A home to a life.”
— Nayyirah Waheed
“Let the water settle; you will see the moon and stars mirrored in your being.”
— Rumi
i like to pretend i already died and asked god to send me back to earth so i can swim in lakes again and see mountains and get my heart broken and love my friends and cry so hard in the bathroom and go grocery shopping 1,000 more times. and that i promised i would never forget the miracle of being here
You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright, adapted from the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen