Eligia

“Love must not entreat,' she added, 'or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.”
― Hermann Hesse, Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

“One never reaches home,' she said. 'But where paths that have an affinity for each other intersect, the whole world looks like home, for a time.”
― Hermann Hesse, Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”
― Virginia Woolf

“If I were quiet, I might be able to concentrate on getting the fragments of my life together. But there are noises inside my head from all those departures. Although the bumps and sores are fading, my skin burns and stings. Most of the time I rest on my unmade bed. Why must the phone ring? I am startled, nearly jump to the ceiling whenever it does. I don't want to speak to anyone for a long time. Yet I feel so alone.”
― Elaine Kraf, The Princess of 72nd Street