#d

How heron comes It is a negligence of the mind not to notice how at dusk heron comes to the pond and stands there in his death robes, perfect servant of the system, hungry, his eyes full of attention, his wings pure light ↗

— Mary Oliver

#nature #poetry #death

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.' ↗

— Tyra Banks

#adopting #baby #became #before #hip

Thy soul shall find itself alone ’Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone— Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into thine hour of secrecy. Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness—for then The spirits of the dead who stood In life before thee are again In death around thee—and their will Shall overshadow thee: be still. [...] ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#death

Let me just unsubscribe to my own mind already, because I don't get any of it. ↗

— Jandy Nelson

#young-adult #contemporary

Your life experience is a moving picture, of which you are writer, director, performer, producer and critic. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#director #experience #life #living #performer

The Worst thing that Good could do to Evil was ignore it... ↗

— Michael K. Bialys

#fantasy #fiction #teen-read #ya #young-adult

Knowledge is dangerous. ↗

— Patrick Ness

#dystopian #young-adult #young-adult-fiction

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#doing #enjoy #fashion #i #into

The landscape is best described as 'pedestrian hostile.' It's pointless to try to take a walk, so I generally just stay in the room and think about shooting myself in the head. ↗

— David Sedaris

#hotels #humor #death

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#self-confidence