March 2010
13 posts
Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in how they look. Not in how they act. But...
– I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak (via quote-book) (via notyourheart)
If you can think of times in your life that you’ve treated people with...
– David Foster Wallace (via psychotherapy) (via quote-book)
I think you can’t wait for someone to fly underneath you and save your life… I...
– Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy (via thoughtsdetained) (via quote-book)
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with...
– Henri Frederic Amiel (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other...
– Dale Carnegie (via thresca) (via liveelaughlovee)
I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed...
– Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (via quotewhore) (via stowaway) (via tumblingtam) (via winterlief) (via happythings)
It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you are not.
– (via liveelaughlovee)
February 2010
19 posts
It’s so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to.
– Annie Gottlier (via littlemiss)
Life isn’t about following the beat of the world. It’s about creating your own...
– Thomas Rion | Submitted By: Keephopealive3 (via quote-book)
The only things that life denies you are the...
(via 472239364)
Happiness is a state of mind and, like all things, it takes practice. Devote...
– Love Happens (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
January 2010
43 posts
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.
– Rose Franken (via kari-shma) (via antibodyproductions) (via yyyartstar)
You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love someone in spite that...
– Jodi Piccoult, My Sister’s Keeper (via quote-book)
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via littlemiss) (via papertissue)
Doreen
472239364:
What about.. That dance you’ve always wanted to learn? That part of that continent you’ve always wanted to go? That skill you’ve always wanted to pick up? That friend you’ve always wanted to catch up with? That family member you’ve always wanted to get closer with? That book you’ve always wanted to read? That language you’ve always wanted to learn? That drawing that you’ve always...
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn...
– Art Linkletter (via julie911) (via quote-book) (via liveelaughlovee)
Five emotions you never knew you had →
victoriaisamess:
Some emotional states only have names in particular languages. Here are some examples:
Fiero (Italian): contented pride in achieving something just for oneself.
Amae (Japanese): the sweet feeling of being dependent on someone else.
Naches (Yiddish): the glow of proud pleasure that only a child can give to its parents.
Schadenfreude (German): the feeling you experience when...