James Vick

“I have just realized that the stakes are myself
I have no other
ransom money, nothing to break or barter but my life”
― Diane di Prima

“I just wish you could see my demons for what they are, and lay here beside me on the floor. No words. Just your presence.”
― Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps

“Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.”
― Albert Einstein

“I looked out across the Ocean, and determined to drown myself.
I was up to my chin when the shout came, and I will never forget it. Never. For it seems to me that any hope in life is such a shout; a voice that answers the silent place of despair. It is silence that most needs an answering — when I can no longer speak, hear me.”
― Jeanette Winterson, The Stone Gods