"The devil follows me day and night because he is afraid to be alone." Francis Picabi

"…it is dangerous to ignore the existence of the irrational. The more cultivated a person is, the more intelligent, the more repressed, then the more he needs some method of channeling the primitive impulses he’s worked so hard to subdue." Donna Tartt, The Secret History




"She carried her head high enough - even when we believed that she was fallen. It was as if she demanded more ever the recognition of her dignity as the last Grierson; as if it had wanted that touch of earthiness to reaffirm her imperviousness. Like when she bought the rat poison, the arsenic. That was over a year after they had begun to say “Poor Emily,” and while the two female cousins were visiting her. “I want some poison,” she said to the druggist." William Faulkner; A Rose for Emily





"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is… if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more." Erica Jong




Sorry for any repeats. I don't take credit for any of these pictures.