#letters

When your defenses are down, it's alarming and beautiful - all that strength contained in a glass jar of innocence." He swallowed. "I've loved you since the moment you realized the astronomical odds of us meeting like that, because in that brief second, I watched you suddenly open your heart to the possibility of something magical happening - something unexpected. ↗

— Lynda Meyers

#letters-from-the-ledge #lftl #lynda-meyers #nate #quotes-of-life

I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." (Letter 16, 1657) ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#conciseness #correspondence #humor #letters #pithy

I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#philosophy #death

Sometimes from out the folded paper the pale clerk takes a ring - the finger it was meant for, perhaps, moulders in the grave; a bank-note sent in swiftest charity - he whom it would relieve, nor eats nor hungers any more; pardon for those who died despairing; hope for those who died unhoping; good tidings for those who died stifled by unrelieved calamities. On errands of life, these letters speed to death. Ah, Bartleby! Ah, humanity! ↗

— Herman Melville

#letters #death

I really should be studying now, but you're much more important to me than a .50 calibre machine gun. ↗

— Kara Martinelli

#humor #letters #longing #love #wwii-history

Yetkin, ama acı veren bir büyü ile buradasınız! Benim burada olduğum gibi, daha da elle tutulur biçimde; ben neredeysem siz de oradasınız, benim olduğum kadar, daha da belirli. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#letters #letters-to-milena #love #milena #love

I thought I had everything until I found you. ↗

— Turcois Ominek

#life #life-lessons #love #lovers #romance

All letters of love are Ridiculous. They wouldn’t be love letters if they were not Ridiculous. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#letters #love #pessoa #poem #ridiculous

Sam, aku ingin kau tahu bahwa menjadi berbeda bukanlah masalah. Ini sekadar menjadi berbeda. Tapi, merasa berbeda bisa menjadi masalah. Ketika kau merasa berbeda, perasaan itu bisa benar-benar mengubah caramu melihat dunia. ↗

— Daniel Gotlieb

#letters-to-sam #inspirational

Aku berharap kau sanggup mengubah kemarahanmu menjadi energi untuk berjuang demi keadilan bagi orang lain ↗

— Daniel Gotlieb

#letters-to-sam #inspirational