Lesley Genao

“And I realize how useless wails are and how gratuitous melancholy is.”
― Mircea Eliade, Le Roman de l'adolescent myope

“When she comes
She pulls you close
She breathes in short bursts
Her eyes close
Her head tilts back
Her mouth opens slightly
Her thighs turn to steel, and then melt
She is perfect
And you feel like you are everything.”
― Henry Rollins, The Portable Henry Rollins

“Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.”
― Italo Calvino

“Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.”
― Victor Hugo