Melanie

“Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see each other in life."

[As quoted in Elia Kazan's autobiography, A Life (1988)]”
― Tennessee Williams

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire

“Separation

Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.”
― W.S. Merwin