“How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light against its being, otherwise, we will remain too frightened ”

― Hafiz

Art Briton Rivière, Fidelity, 1869

by Stephie Betant 

you want something but you don’t want to try. it’s like you want to swim without getting wet.

“The world breaks everyone, &+ afterward, some are {s t r o n g} at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway

Photo BY Stas Levshin

Photo BY Stas Levshin

Whether I’m drunk or sober
I’m a slave to those beautiful eyes~Rumi

By Theron Humphrey