January 2012
48 posts
“Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young...”
– Stephen Colbert (via nathanielstuart)
“Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.”
– Michael Caine (via svenduplic)
Imagine there is a bank… →
“Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course? Each of us has such a bank. Its name is time. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes...
That is part of the… →
“That is part of the beauty of literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
I’m not the silly romantic… →
“I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I don’t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want…a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved.” ~Shana Abé
It’s amazing, some people, they… →
“It’s amazing, some people, they just say these small little things, one sentence and it changes the way you feel about them in an instant. Small little words that can hurt you so much or make you fall deeply in love forever. It changes everything, nothing between you is ever really the same again, even if they don’t know it.”
“”There’s something we forget when we try and erase the years and the...”
– http://dumbofeather.com/blog/post/the-scars-we-live-with-and-gratitude/
“I’d always thought that my awkwardness was a thin veil disguising the real me....”
– Sarra Manning (via atomos)
“The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the...”
– Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say...”
– Shauna Niequist (via thresca)
“You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in...”
– Mitch Albom (via creatingaquietmind)
“Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands...”
– On the Road by Jack Kerouac (via petalsquotesandthorns)
The Inspiration Tree: The Power Of Forgiveness →
inspiration-tree:
Submitted by Dawn, visit her at dawneliseevans.com
It has taken over fifty years for me to begin to discover the power of forgiveness. A surprising corollary to that understanding has been that, whenever I stop assigning power to the person or event that hurt me, I am a…
“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of True Romance...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via nikkotine)
“But your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (via vashti)
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making...”
– Neil Gaiman (via drinkyourjuice)
