August 2012
42 posts
There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the...
– Why We Broke Up, Daniel Handler (via lottie-carson)
Adventure is vital for everyone. They don’t need to be big adventures; they can...
– Alastair Humphreys, from his talk “Think Small,” at TEDxOxbridge.
It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up...
– L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
And I realized in that moment that I still loved him. Not in a way that would...
– Shannon Bradley-Colleary
I’m pretty sure there is a big distinction between people who ask “What do you think?” and those that ask “How do you feel?”
You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too...
– Madeleine L’Engle (via excessivebookshelf)
Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...
– Maurice Sendak (via nedhepburn)
Breathe, my friend. You are not old, you are young. You are not a mess, you are...
– Abby Larson, founder and editor of Style Me Pretty (via we-all-need-change)
You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love.
– Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via we-all-need-change)
The Beloved sometimes wants to do us a great favor: Hold us upside down and...
– Hafiz (via lazyyogi)
Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and...
– Paul Tillich
She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, “I sometimes think that...
– Haruki Murakami (Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories)
Our training begins with learning first to listen to ourselves until we know our...
– Sister True Virtue, from Tricycle Daily (via ninetytoone)
Maybe there’s something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love,...
– John Green (via thresca)
I really just want to be this warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love
– Conor Oberst (via ellislo)
The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing...
– Rumi (via lazyyogi)