— Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Ottis P. Lord featured in The Letters of Emily Dickinson  (via goxteia)

‘‘ In the silence I can see you for the first time…’‘

Spiritually I am curled up on a porch swing as a soft breeze caresses my cheek

Anastasia (1997)

Loneliness had taught her that there was always someone who understood—it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.

She was a pretty sugar plum fairy, in her pale pink tutu and her crown of stars.

Albert Camus, from Caligula & Other Plays; "State of Siege: A Play in Three Parts,"

Daemon and Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon: The Queen Who Ever Was

— If We Were Villains, M. L. Rio

heartstopper | 2.06 x 3.05

you're still damp. yeah, well, you're the one who said I love you for the first time when I was in the shower. why did I do that? heartstopper | 3.01 · love

Virginia Woolf, from her novel titled "The Waves," originally published in 1931

Aware that she was on the edge of the abyss, that he must call her back very gently, he laid only the lightest of hands on her hair.