—Albert Camus

So close. So close. I wish I were dead.

Martha Gellhorn, from a letter to David Gurewitsch featured in The Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn

"Mission", Leonard Cohen

"The parts we can't tell, we carry them well

But that doesn't mean they're not heavy"

- Alana Beck

You didn't even ask how I was. You nuked me with emotions that targetted even my hidden bunkers of peace that previously suffered a quake not hours before. You chose the right time for war. Now who will ask how I am?

Maybe one day I'll finally find somewhere to wrap my noose around. Until that day comes, I am happy.

Anne Sexton, from an interview featured in No Evil Star: Selected Essays, Interviews & Prose