"I suppose it is good for the soul to be hurt and perplexed perpetually. I know at least that I miss you damnably: that is a good fixed star. I do, Virginia; and would rather be hurt by that, and have something solid to hold on to, than flounder in a quicksand that never bruises but only smothers."

everythingispoetrydarling:

♥ ‘It is not down on any map; true places never are’ ~ Herman Melville ♥

"It was though she had a pebble in place of a heart, as though her feelings and affections were dried up and withered forever."

"She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. She would say: You are either born knowing how, or you never know."

"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness."

"The loveliest things in life are but shadows; they come and go, and change and fade away…"

"I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think."

"Some say an army of horsemen,
some of footsoldiers, some of ships,
is the fairest thing on the black earth,
but I say it is what one loves."