Alone, in a crowded room.
Shouting, but no one hears.
“Personally speaking, I can’t wait to watch life tear you apart.”
— Evelyn Stoker (via violentwavesofemotion)
(Source: ejakulation, via violentwavesofemotion)
If You Could See Me Now.
“If you could see me now would you recognize me?
Would you pat me on the back or would you criticize me?
Would you follow every line on my tear stained face?
Put your hand on a heart that’s as cold as the day you were taken away.”
“I defend
Not my voice, but my silence.”
— Anna Akhmatova, trans. M. M. Kralin, quoted by Judith Hemschemeyer, in The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova (via violentwavesofemotion)
(Source: growing-orbits, via violentwavesofemotion)
“I wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don’t know how many consciences.”
— Jean-Paul Sartre, from The Wall (via violentwavesofemotion)
