“A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain.”
— Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Don’t do something permanently stupid just because you’re temporarily upset.
Unknown
I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
Kurt Cobain
“It’s like when someone says, ‘How are you?’ Do you say, ‘Well, my head hurts and I’m lonely and depressed and I’m worried about everything and the world is collapsing and full of evil’? Or do you say, ‘I’m fine’?”
— Sara Shepard, The Visibles (via resqectable)
“I crave space. It charges my batteries. It helps me breathe. Being around people can be so exhausting, because most of them love to take and barely know how to give. Except for a rare few.”
— Katie Kacvinsky (via thehopefulquotes)
Lover, I am selfish
Lover, I am wicked
Lover, I want to hold to you so tightly that you never go
Is it such a sin to want something so terribly?
Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives.
Lemony Snicket
“But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.”
— Lemony Snicket; The Beatrice Letters
You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it.
Albert Einstein
Mary Oliver, from “Hum Hum”, A Thousand Mornings
Quotes that will make you reflect on yourself and the things around you.
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