The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.
Aristotle (via writingquotes)
I don’t know why people put Kant in such a high place… To me his works sound like half-done homework.
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Do not give yourself away. Never give yourself away. Observe the bloodshed but preserve your warmth. I want you to occasionally let go; but never surrender.
Albert Camus, from Notebooks, 1951-1959 (via violentwavesofemotion)
Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my poem,
I whisper with my lips close to your ear.
I have loved many women and men, but I love none better than you.
I whisper with my lips close to your ear.
I have loved many women and men, but I love none better than you.
Walt Whitman, “To You” (via pax-caelestis)
The Manufacture of Sadness by Maya Edelman
