Simone De Beauvoir, From A Diary Entry Featured In Diary Of A Philosophy Student

Freedom or safe mode?

Consciousness. Wakefulness of the spirit. Passionate sensitivity. Psychic, emotional and spiritual oppenness.

(What is safe mode? I don’t know her and don’t want to know her.)

thankful for days that pass by in peace, not necessarily eventful or life changing, just peaceful. and that alone is something to be grateful for.

Arthur Rimbaud, from The Complete Works of Arthur Rimbaud; "Deserts of Love,"

in bed, as i make small lists for the week, i am daydreaming about tomorrow morning’s cup of coffee.

this is similar, though not quite, to how my morning will be devoted to daydreaming about an hour more of sleep.

“Mad people, people who stand alone and burn. I’m attracted to them because they give me permission to do the same.”

— Susan Sontag, from a diary entry (via violentwavesofemotion)

Margaret Atwood, from Procedures for Underground; "For Uncle M.,"

Every time you can’t find the right words just remember that most of the time there is no need to verbalize at all. There’s nothing more poetic than your own inner silence. There’s nothing more outstandingly beautiful or terrifying than the thoughts which are “stubborn” enough to find no expression at the time. Accept restlessness. Accept temporary incapacity of eloquence or mindful, concrete realization. Cherish complexity, confusion and silence. Cherish the current flow of your own being. What doesn’t immediately come out, stays inside; but that shall not scare you. Look deeply into it all. And have patience. 

Albert Camus, from Caligula & Other Plays; "State of Siege: A Play in Three Parts,"

D. H. Lawrence, from The Complete Novels and Writings of D. H. Lawrence

— Anaïs Nin, from The Diary of Anaïs Nin (Vol. 1: 1931-1934) (via letsbelonelytogetherr)