May 19
2012
"Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole."
Derek Walcott
May 19
2012
"Some people meet the way the sky meets the earth, inevitably, and there is no stopping or holding back their love. It exists in a finished world, beyond the reach of common sense."
Louise Erdrich (via paperlover)
(Source: kari-shma)
via paperlover
May 19
2012
"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish it’s source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings."
Anais Nin
May 14
2012
“I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.
—Emily Brontë
Painting: Patrick Branwell, Emily Brontë, 1835.
via libraryland
Apr 28
2012
"Pain. Love cures pain. Love causes pain. And love is pain. Where love is, pain is never far away. Love will fill your heart, break your heart, and heal the heart that’s broken. And it is true that every love story has an unhappy ending, sooner or later – even if the love lasts a lifetime, somebody dies firsts, leaving somebody behind with the pain of grief. Love is blind – and love opens eyes. Love can make you want to die – and love can make you want to live."
Robert Fulghum
Apr 26
2012
"In a world where almost everyone meets a jerk, you know you don’t need to be serious. Hang out, pretend and play with them. Have fun and stop; no attachment, no commitment, no pain, Convenient, isn’t it? But at the end of the show, you know you’re still yearning for something genuine. You realize that what you’re really looking forward to is someone who can look at you straight in the eyes and tell you he/she loves you; someone worth every risk of pain, someone who’ll stay, someone who will simply make a difference."
Apr 14
2012
"Maybe I don’t like being different,” Meg said. “But I don’t want to be like everybody else, either."
A Wrinkle in Time (via unicornsareace)
via libraryland
Mar 23
2012
Tom: Look, we don’t have to put a label on it. That’s fine. I get it. But, you know, I just… I need some consistency.
Summer: I know.
Tom: I need to know that you’re not gonna wake up in the morning and feel differently.
Summer: And I can’t give you that. Nobody can.
via 500daysandcounting
Mar 20
2012
Lee’s Six Styles of Love
(Source: heynikkidarling)
via silyka
Mar 1
2012
“The poem is a little myth of man’s capacity of making life meaningful.”
—Robert Penn Warren
via libraryland
Mar 1
2012
Wow.
via 500daysandcounting
Feb 22
2012
Tom: Look, we don’t have to put a label on it. That’s fine. I get it. But, you know, I just… I need some consistency.
Summer: I know.
Tom: I need to know that you’re not gonna wake up in the morning and feel differently.
Summer: And I can’t give you that. Nobody can.
via 500daysandcounting
Feb 20
2012
"And it was then that I understood the truth about their sunset. It was meant to let me and him see the beauty of the night and realize that everything that was not meant to last led to something far more beautiful - a story that was never meant to end."
Maxinne Marie, Tainted Ground
(Source: writerscafe.org)
Feb 20
2012
"Meaning. Connection. The invisible. The unforeseen. It’s something not spoken of, but it’s there. So much struggle for meaning. But, why? Because without it, there’s no reason for me stay. Without it, we’d still feel alone even if we’re together. Without it, there’s no breathtaking beauty in a kiss, no warmth in the touch of a hand, no fire in the flicker of an eye."
Maxinne Marie, Sweetest Downfall
(Source: writerscafe.org)
Feb 20
2012
Greatness
The true measure of greatness is our capacity to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never to stop trying to get better. At the end of the day, it won’t be about recognition, or fame, or a list of achievements. It will be about how you’ve changed lives, even in the simplest of ways. It’s about transformation — seeing the ordinary become extraordinary, seeing how one can bring out the best in himself and ultimately bring out the best in others. Greatness, after all, is not ours to keep.
