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“ All the hardest, coldest people you meet were once as soft as water. And that’s the tragedy of living. ”
- Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You (via caffeinated-butterfly)
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“ He looked at her the way all women wanted to be looked at by a man ”
“ The only darkness we should allow into our lives is the night, and even then, we have the moon. ”
- Warsan Shire, from “What We Have,” in Poetry Review (v. 102, no. 4, 2012)
(via litverve)
“ The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. ”
- Carlos Castaneda
“ At fifteen you had the radiance of early morning, at twenty you will begin to have the melancholy brilliance of the moon. ”
“ Love yourself. Then forget it. Then, love the world. ”
- Mary Oliver, from “To Begin With, the Sweet Grass” in Evidence (via litverve)
“ The words ‘far, far away’ had always a strange charm. ”
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (via somebody-else)
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“ How fragile we are, between the few good moments. ”
- Jane Hirshfield, from “Vinegar and Oil” (via weissewiese)
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“ Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person. ”
- Gloria Steinem (via fawun)
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“ The thing I’m most afraid of is me. Of not knowing what I’m going to do. Of not knowing what I’m doing right now. ”
“ …there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away. ”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald “The Great Gatsby” (via littlebirdsings)
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