Soetkin

“in my veins that roll you run citrus watercolor images of serpents on orange trees quietly arise and grow sweet in my midst”
― Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

“And it is exceedingly short, his galloping life. Dogs die so soon. I have my stories of that grief, no doubt many of you do also. It is almost a failure of will, a failure of love, to let them grow old—or so it feels. We would do anything to keep them with us, and to keep them young. The one gift we cannot give.”
― Mary Oliver, Dog Songs: Poems

“I saw an exquisite pink and blue shell on the sea-bottom. I dove for it, and held it, smooth and hollow in my hand all the morning. I decided it was a lucky charm, and that I would keep it. I am surprised that I have not lost it, for I lose everything. Today it is still pink and warm as it lies in my palm, and makes me feel like crying.”
― Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

“Be the art that life is breathing.
Be the soul the world is living.”
― Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass