Learning how to live takes a whole lifetime, and — you’ll perhaps be more surprised at this — it takes a whole lifetime to learn how to die. Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher,“On the Shortness of Life”. (via panatmansam) Source: panatmansam

Perhaps because it rains, perhaps because it’s evening and the orchestra of winds perform their strange, sad music. Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Austin Dickinson wr. c. November 1851 (via violentwavesofemotion) Source: violentwavesofemotion