"I don’t believe in dying for causes. I don’t believe in dying for poetry. Once I worshipped Keats for dying young. Now I think it’s braver to die old."

Erica Jong, Fear of Flying 

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"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down."

Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn’t Nice, What Is? (via quotespile)

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icouldbeawritermaybe:

Don’t worry. You’re work is amazing and even if you aren’t published you are still a writer and I’m still proud.

bookeworm94:

I have a reading list longer than my life expectancy.

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"I’ve always been dark, with light somewhere in the distance."

Two Coins by City and Colour
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"I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way."

Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed (via philosophybits)

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srwhitehead:

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