Listen: I am ideally happy. My happiness is a kind of challenge. As I wander along the streets and the squares and the paths by the canal, absently sensing the lips of dampness through my worn soles, I carry proudly my ineffable happiness. The centuries will roll by, and schoolboys will yawn over the history of our upheavals; everything will pass, but my happiness , dear, my happiness will remain,in the moist reflection of a street lamp, in the cautious bend of stone steps that descend into the canal’s black waters, in the smiles of a dancing couple, in everything with which God so generously surrounds human loneliness.

1. nerdybrown reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade and added:

   “Listen: I am ideally happy. My happiness is a kind of challenge. As I wander along the streets and the squares and the...

2. blueeyesofamillionaire liked this
3. machine-spiritual reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
4. -ghostsinthewalls liked this
5. sphivera reblogged this from aequoris
6. aequoris reblogged this from frivolousandreckless
7. annahartprice reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
8. jewahl liked this
9. abel-hope reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
10. circling-the-sun liked this
11. carolineclancy reblogged this from fibreoptics
12. fibreoptics liked this
13. fibreoptics reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
14. itsnotthesideeffectsofthecocaine reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
15. itsnotthesideeffectsofthecocaine liked this
16. impossible-germany liked this
17. livedatunerarenutadevil reblogged this from adamochoa
18. alexatepaper liked this
19. awtastic liked this
20. linnyt reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
21. linnyt liked this
22. redheadbouquet liked this
23. frivolousandreckless reblogged this from thatnewromantic
24. patentlywill liked this
25. needynerd liked this
26. thatnewromantic reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
27. needynerd reblogged this from eveyinbrunette
28. makers-empty liked this
29. vaninamarie liked this
30. georgiannaday liked this
31. urrplang reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
32. volaries liked this
33. jiminlee reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
34. weareallnoobs liked this
35. de-bauch-er-y liked this
36. scythianlingo liked this
37. buynewsoul liked this
38. thegubetube reblogged this from ciggy
39. eveyinbrunette reblogged this from ciggy
40. ciggy liked this
41. adamochoa reblogged this from vanswearingen
42. ciggy reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
43. vanswearingen liked this
44. vanswearingen reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
45. livinglovelyalways reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
46. discoverydays liked this
47. blaqkrose77 liked this
48. dopatonin liked this
49. mermaidmaiden liked this
50. mermaidmaiden reblogged this from thechocolatebrigade
51. Show more notesLoading...