February 2012
41 posts
“The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to...”
– Deborah Tannen (via wrists)
“I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change. I have...”
– Erica Jong (via creatingaquietmind)
“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty,...”
– Bruce Lee (via quote-book)
“The thing that makes a fantasy great is the possibility that it might come true....”
– Catherine Willows (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
“It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you...”
– Lemony Snicket (via 667darkavenue)
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via quote-book)
“I have always believed that you do not have to be rich to have style.”
– Diane von Furstenberg (via fecastleberry)
“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty,...”
– Bruce Lee (via quote-book)
“In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an...”
– Diego Marchi (via julie911)
“I like people with depth, I like people with emotion, I like people with a...”
– Abbey Lee Kershaw (via light-essence)
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against...”
– William Faulkner (via anditslove)
“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe...”
– Audrey Hepburn (via girlwithoutwings)
“Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing...”
– Virgil Garnett Thomson (via quote-book)
“The simple fact is that people who achieve excellence in their fields didn’t...”
– Don’t Follow Your Dream by Harrison Solow (via crimsun)
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and...”
– Vincent van Gogh (via oxane)
“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain...”
– Maya Angelou (via libraryland)
“Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write...”
– BARBARA W. TUCHMAN (via ilovereadingandwriting)
Why We Hide Emotional Pain (Leon F. Seltzer,... →
psychotherapy:
Excerpt (via Psychology Today):
“Not to show vulnerability is typically viewed as a strength, a “demonstration” of character. But in reality the major motives in hiding our emotions are (as I’ve already indicated) fear-based. We’re just afraid to look weak or susceptible to others. Paradoxically, though, unashamedly disclosing our vulnerability can actually be a deliberate...
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma)
“You know what I think hurts the most? The feeling of being replaced. It’s like...”
– JoAnne Golden (via eletheowl)
“I’ve never minded it,” he went on. “Being lost, that is. I had always thought...”
– Cassandra Clare (via quotewhore)
“I begin to realise how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught...”
– My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl (via creatingaquietmind)
daydreamsandtouristtraps:
A person is not a prize. You can’t earn or win them by being good enough, fast enough, smart enough or special enough. You can’t keep them on the mantle to remind you of how good, fast, smart or special you were. They do not prove your worth.
Things a Person is Not | Thought Catalog
“I’d rather be around a passionate nerd than a non-passionate cool person....”
– (via wrists)
“Ninety five percent of the time, everything is actually okay in the moment. What...”
– Emma Stone (via anditslove)
“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
– Terry Pratchett (via kari-shma)
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply...”
– Lao Tzu (via girlwithoutwings)
“‘When you love someone… truly love them, friend or lover, you lay your heart...”
– Sherrilyn Kenyon (via black-wolves)
“Love brings you face to face with your self. It’s impossible to love another if...”
– John Pierrakos (via nunquam-singularis)
“Love is not what the mind thinks, but what the heart feels.”
– Greg Evans (via quote-book)
“I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple...”
– John Green (via loveyourchaos)
“Life and the world is made up of statistics. People say that it’s entirely...”
– Three Things I Love About The World, Everyday Isa
(via themorninglight)
“it takes courage to grow up and become who we really are.”
– e.e. cummings (via loveandmixtapes)
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of...”
– Carl Jung (via eletheowl)
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of...”
– Carl Jung (via eletheowl)
