the rosyfingered moon
surpasses all stars. And her light
stretches over salt sea
equally and flowerdeep fields.
surpasses all stars. And her light
stretches over salt sea
equally and flowerdeep fields.
— Sappho, from If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (tr. Anne Carson)
when i die im gonna write poems with oscar wilde and sappho in hell and thats a privilege the straights will never have
If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.
— Stephen Fry (via purplebuddhaquotes)
“I do understand—and it is terrible.”— Franz Kafka, from a letter to Felice Bauer written c. July 1915, featured in “Letters to Felice”
