Quotes I love

"A thousand years ago, the poet Han Yun wrote, 'All things not at peace will cry out'. He compared the human need to express feelings in writing to the natural force that impelled plants to rustle in the wind or metal to ring when struck."
Lisa See, Peony in Love

"...This is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world.” Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

"After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”
Veronica Shoffstall, After a while

“I never saw a wild thing, sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough,without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
D. H. Lawrence, Self Pity

“Take me to you
Imprison me
For I
Except you enthrall me
Never shall be free
Nor ever chaste
Except you ravish me”
John Donne, Holy Sonnets