9 notes link >'Twas noontide of summer, And mid-time of night; And stars, in their orbits, Shone pale, thro' the light Of the brighter, cold moon, 'Mid planets her slaves, Herself in the Heavens, Her beam on the waves. I gazed awhile On her cold smile; Too cold--too cold for me-- There pass'd, as a shroud, A fleecy cloud, And I turned away to thee, Proud Evening Star, In thy glory afar, And dearer thy beam shall be; For joy to my heart Is the proud part Thou bearest in Heaven at night, And more I admire Thy distant fire, Than that colder, lowly light.Edgar Allan Poe
“If one cannot command attention by one’s admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance”
Margery Allingham (via quote-book)
Can’t tell you how many people I know like this.
“I can be changed by what happens to me, but i refuse to be reduced by it.”
noun • /per-ee-EE-sahy/ • people who live at the same latitude on opposite meridians, so that noon for one is midnight for the other90 notes link >
“I never knew until that moment how bad it could hurt to lose something you never really had.”
“We cannot be normal and alive at the same time.”