soracities:

“How sad that everything has to change, yet what a relief, too”

— John Ashbery, from “Words to That Effect”, Quick Question: Poems

coltre:

“I love that hour of the party when everyone’s settled into their discomfort and someone tells you something really important—in passing—because it’s too painful any other way.”

— — Alex Dimitrov, from “Love,” Love and Other Poems
(via lifeinpoetry)

relatablepoetryandquotes:

“I want so much that is not here and I do not know where to go.”

- Charles Bukowski

relatablepoetryandquotes:

“We don’t even ask for happiness, just a little less pain.”

- Charles Bukowski