December 2011
47 posts
“perhaps we dream of tomorrows only to escape our todays.”
– (via walkonunafraid)
“As an atheist, I see nothing “wrong” in believing in a God. I don’t think there...”
– Ricky Gervais: “Why I’m an Atheist” (via suzywire)
quotesfromnowhere:
He was the kind of person that was hard to like, but difficult not to love.
And so I did. I fell in love - not quite knowing how or why or when or where, only knowing that when I was around him I wasn’t just myself - I was more than myself, I was on top of the world. I smiled more easily, stepped with a heart lighter than air, and the world - the world around me, it was...
“How terribly sad it is that people are made in such a way that they get used to...”
– Jostein Gaarder, The Solitaire Mystery (via quotesfromnowhere)
Some moments, like some people, are meant to be...
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky: What do we do when... →
36974:
Early on, children have to endure the sad, frustrating lesson that certain children may not want to play with them. They may not get invited to a classmate’s party and the child who they have a crush on may not like them back. In fact, the crush may even be convinced that the child in question has the cooties.
As we grow up, we continue to learn this difficult lesson. We may not...
Could you stay a while? Maybe, just maybe, a...
“I wonder why we always deny love. I remember in middle school, if you were...”
– Caroline B. Cooney (via slekes)
“That was the thing about the world: it wasn’t that things were harder than you...”
– Lev Grossman (via creatingaquietmind)
barefeetaresweet:
“it’ll happen when you least expect it”
what happens when all i can do is expect it? when every fiber of my being is screaming my imagined, expected future at the top of their lungs. that’s not something you can ignore. we’ve been taught to expect, but never taught how to live with being let down.
“some songs are special. they’re the kind you listen to and you know undoubtedly...”
– (via walkonunafraid)
“perhaps, strength isn’t a conscious choice. instead, it’s the only option we...”
– (via walkonunafraid)
“One is never intrinsically strong, just by nature. You must have been through...”
– Alfred Döblin (via creatingaquietmind)
“maybe it was never meant to be perfect and the only thing we should celebrate is...”
– (via walkonunafraid)
“you were the quiet after the storm and with you i learnt of a peace i never knew...”
– (via walkonunafraid)
“perhaps we find ourselves only when we stop searching.”
– (via walkonunafraid)
“we’re never quite as alone as we’d imagine ourselves to be.”
– (via walkonunafraid)
“maybe we can only find ourselves when we stop searching.”
“she was delicate and lovely and smelled like summer morning. he couldn’t...”
“you were the quiet after the storm and with you i learnt of a peace i never knew...”
– (via walkonunafraid)
“Twenty-two years ago, 14 women in Montreal were murdered. The next morning, when...”
– Dave Tough on the École Polytechnique Massacre. (via garconniere)
“Did he understand, as those interminable minutes ticked by, that being alone is...”
– The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (via petalsquotesandthorns)