“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
―
―
“I have lived on the lip
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I've been knocking from the inside.”
―
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I've been knocking from the inside.”
―
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
―
―
“Do not fall in love with people like me
we will take you to
museums and parks
and monuments
and kiss you in every beautiful
place so that you can
never go back to them
without tasting us
like blood in your mouth.”
―
we will take you to
museums and parks
and monuments
and kiss you in every beautiful
place so that you can
never go back to them
without tasting us
like blood in your mouth.”
―
“Watching the moon
at dawn,
solitary, mid-sky,
I knew myself completely,
no part left out.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
at dawn,
solitary, mid-sky,
I knew myself completely,
no part left out.”
― The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
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