“I don’t hold on to anything anymore. Pain comes at me and I take it, chew it for a few minutes, and spit it back out. It’s just not my thing anymore.”
— Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
John Green / Paper Towns
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
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“Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.”
— Markus Zusak
Little: *doesn’t get enough of daddy’s attention*
Little: *instead of doing something decides to completely ignore daddy and not start a conversation*
Daddy: *doesn’t even notice it*
Little: *gets sad because daddy doesn’t notice that he is being ignored*
“Kill the part of you that believes it can’t survive without someone else.”
— Sade Andria Zabala (via quotemadness)
“When you think of love you think of the pretty parts. The holding of hands, laughter, hugs, kisses, beautiful memories shared. And when I think of love, I think of that as well. But I don’t want just the pretty parts. There will be nights were we sleep in separate rooms, days that are not filled with laughter, only tears. There will be nights when we go to bed angry and have it boiling inside of us for days, there are going to be tears, fights, and things wish we never said. But to be in love is to not accept just the pretty, but the ugly too. And I wouldn’t want to face ugly with anyone except you.”
— Victoria Viola, The Bad Parts.
“I mean, we’re all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren’t we?”
— Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Identity (via perfectquote)
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh (via marijuanamodels)