Iain S. Thomas

There are a million ways to bleed. But you are by far my favourite.  —  Iain S. Thomas, I Wrote This For You. (Central Avenue Publishing, October 24, 2017)  

Richard Brautigan

There are so many better things for you than to see your feelings sold as magic lanterns to somebody whose body casts no light. — Richard Brautigan, from “Love’s Not the Way to Treat a Friend,” Rommel Drives On Deep into Egypt. (Delacorte Pr, January 1, 1979)

Edgar Allan Poe

There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion. ― Edgar Allan Poe

Tristan Tzara

The Death of Apollinaire (La Mort de Guillaume Apollinaire) We know nothing                We know nothing of grief The bitter season of cold                                                       Ploughs long furrows in our muscles He would have rather enjoyed delight in victory                We wise beneath calm sorrows caged                                                       Unable to do a thing                                              If the snow […]

Marcus Aurelius

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. (Penguin Classics, October 31, 2006) Originally published 180 C.E