“I loved you, and I probably still do,
And for a while the feeling may remain…”
But let my love not trouble you.
“I do not wish to cause you any pain.
I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew,”
I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.
You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.
Oh plunge me deep in love — put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.
~Sara Teasdale
Street Hurdles
8th May 1936: East London Schools Hurdles champion Grace Adams racing on the Poplar street track in preparation for the annual contest. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
The only people that interest me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like roman candles across the night.
– Jack Kerouac- On the Road (via thatkindofwoman) Via eloquence
“It is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.”
~George Gissing
But if we choose to stand side by side together, we can share and gain more – from our different minds.
I’ll never hold you back
I want what’s best for you
And if there’s something else that you’re looking for
I’ll be the first to help you try.
-It’s hard to say goodbye-
What is the difference between emotions and feelings? I have no idea (with a laugh) and you can quote me” - Maurice Elias
