William Faulkner: “He Began to Breathe Deep”

Photographers Unknown, The Male Torso

“He began to breathe deep. He could feel himself breathing deep, as if each time his insides were afraid that next breath they would not be able to give far enough and that something terrible would happen, and that all the time he could look down at himself breathing, at his chest, and see no movement at all, like when dynamite first begins, gathers itself for the now Now NOW, the shape of the outside of the stick does not change”

― William Faulkner

Edgar Allan Poe: “Those Who Dream by Day Are Cognizant of Many Things”

Photographers Unknown, Ten Black and Whites from the Collection

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil.”

― Edgar Allan Poe, Complete Tales and Poems