"It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane."
W.G. Sebald, Vertigo
May 30, 2014
He knew why he wanted to kiss her
"He knew why he wanted to kiss her. Because she was beautiful. And before that, because she was kind. And before that, because she was smart and funny. Because she was exactly the right kind of smart and funny. Because he could imagine taking a long trip with her without ever getting bored. Because whenever he saw something new and interesting, or new and ridiculous, he always wondered what she’d have to say about it—how many stars she’d give it and why."
Rainbow Rowell, Attachments
May 25, 2014
Working, living, dancing, dreaming, talking, kissing- singing, laughing, learning.
"Life was not to be sitting in hot amorphic leisure in my backyard idly writing or not writing, as the spirit moved me. It was, instead, running madly, in a crowded schedule, in a squirrel cage of busy people. Working, living, dancing, dreaming, talking, kissing- singing, laughing, learning."
― Sylvia Plath
May 23, 2014
Folie à deux
"The term for shared madness is Folie à deux. It describes a psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional believe are transmitted from one individual to another."
Finding someone
"The trick, kiddo,” his mom replies slowly. “Is finding someone who complements you instead of completes you. You need to be complete on your own."
The Fight, and Fate
May 20, 2014
sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself
"And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in."
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
In my experience
"In my experience, the prettier a girl is, the more nuts she is, which makes you insane."
"I like how you can compliment and insult somebody at the same time, in equal measure."
Blue Valentine (2010) dir. Derek Cianfrance
There is nothing either good or bad
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet
May 18, 2014
What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything
“What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.”
| — | Pedro Arrupe |
May 17, 2014
i just really hope all of you find someone
i just really hope all of you find someone who is really cool that you can love and have sex with and all that shit but you can also talk politics and about evolution. someone you don’t cling to at parties but you nonchalantly grab their ass when you walk by them in the crowd and someone you reach for at 2am in between dreams to cuddle.
May 16, 2014
It’s really cliche to say that everyone is unique but it’s true
I love learning about people. I love hearing their thoughts, their outlook on life. I love hearing someones voice for a first time because it makes them unique. It’s really cliche to say that everyone is unique but it’s true, maybe we don’t see it at first. But if we dig deep enough in to their brain we really see why they’re different from everyone else. And I love that more than anything.
unknow
If only you would have had the guts to say how you have been feeling
To all of you people out there who are afraid to express your feelings to the person you like: I advise you to go tell them. let them know how you feel. the worst thing that can happen is that your feelings won’t be reciprocated. then what? you can move on and know that you are brave and strong and have the guts that most people don’t have to express how you feel. this goes along with anything. if you miss someone, let them know. if you want to spend more time with someone, say it straight to their face. don’t keep those thoughts bottled up, left to eat away at your brain because they will. they will make you feel more alone than you have ever felt. One thing I’ve learned throughout my days of life is that communication is key. Everything is questionable and confusing until you communicate. Yes, it’s a risk and yes, it’s extremely scary to feel vulnerable by telling someone you care about them, but why should that be a bad thing? It’s not weak to show you care and it’s not the end of the world if you do get hurt. I feel like I have been brought up feeling like I’ve had to hide how I’ve felt, in fear of guys I’ve liked not feeling the same way. In reality, why should we all be playing this guessing game with the opposite sex when it could be so simple? life is way too short to leave words left unsaid. you will constantly keep guessing and never know what could have been if you simply do not try. something might end up working out so perfectly, if only you would have had the guts to say how you have been feeling. always remember that.
unknow
May 12, 2014
As above so below, you're in control of the rest
And then I heard the voice of heaven
Sayin' don't be scared of anything
I heard the voice of the land,
The beautiful land, sing
I recognize you mother
In a little playful touch from death
As above so below
You're in control of the rest
Sayin' don't be scared of anything
I heard the voice of the land,
The beautiful land, sing
I recognize you mother
In a little playful touch from death
As above so below
You're in control of the rest
Házme un lugar en tu almohada
Hay un rincón de tu pelo
en el que yo me perfumaré.
Hay un rincón de tu pelo
sobre la almohada esperándome.
Me iré acercando a tu mejilla
para escucharte respirar
en el que yo me perfumaré.
Hay un rincón de tu pelo
sobre la almohada esperándome.
Me iré acercando a tu mejilla
para escucharte respirar
Some books just swallow you up, heart and soul
"Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul."
Joanne Harris
You are doomed if you don’t try
"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try."
Beverly Sills
La comprensión, la verdadera, no se obtiene solamente con las células del cerebro
"La razón de ser de los ejercicios que una enseñanza espiritual
preconiza practicar, es hacer vibrar todo nuestro ser hasta las
más mínimas células de nuestras manos y de nuestros pies, en
consonancia con las verdades que aceptamos intelectualmente.
Comprender supone aplicar, realizar, encarnar. Debemos hacer
descender en nosotros cada verdad con la que entramos en contacto
hasta impregnar con ella todo nuestro ser psíquico, así como
nuestro ser físico. La comprensión, la verdadera, no se obtiene
solamente con las células del cerebro; se obtiene también con
las células del corazón, del estómago, de los pulmones, del
hígado y de todos los demás órganos. Si las células de todos
los demás órganos no se movilizan también en este trabajo, las
capacidades del cerebro se encuentran, a su vez, disminuidas.
Para que nuestra comprensión sea completa, todas las células
del cuerpo deben participar. "
Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
May 11, 2014
Self love
“I hope one day
Your human body
Is not a jail cell,
Instead it’s a sunny
2pm garden with daisies
Thriving because of
Self love.”
— Alexa Evangelista
May 6, 2014
You must hunger for it
“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.”
— Les Brown
May 2, 2014
You can't be sure
Arabella's got a 70's head
But she's a modern lover
It's an exploration, she's made of outer space
And her lips are like the galaxy's edge
And her kiss the colour of a constellation falling into place
Just might have tapped into your mind and soul
You can't be sure
like being in pain for a long time and then suddenly realizing that you’re not anymore
I had a weird, empty feeling inside me. Not a bad sort of empty. It was a sort of lack of sensation, like being in pain for a long time and then suddenly realizing that you’re not anymore.
Maggie Stiefvater, Linger
Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough
"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough."
William Saroyan
Maybe fear is just a constant reminder of our untapped potential
Maybe we’re not meant to be fearless. Maybe we’re meant to be afraid of all the things in life that we can’t control. And somewhere in all of the uneasiness and confusion, we’re supposed to learn how powerful we are. That we have the ability to accept what scares us and use it as energy to grow stronger. Maybe fear is just a constant reminder of our untapped potential. Something that was meant to be embraced instead of avoided.
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