[screenshotsofdespair]

[averagefairy]

me talking to myself in the back room at work

[wnq-writers]

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.”

— Corrie Ten Boom

[books-n-quotes]

“What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then.”

— T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party

[confirmance]

“We often want it so badly that we ruin it before it begins. Overthinking. Fantasizing. Imagining. Expecting. Worrying. Doubting. Just let it naturally evolve.”

— Anonymous  (via serendipitousromance)

[quotemadness]

“There are days that must happen to you.”

— Walt Whitman (via quotemadness)

[wordsthat-speak]

“Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose your life, you didn’t settle for it.”

— Mandy Hale

[books-n-quotes]

“You do not write your life with words…You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”

— Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

[books-n-quotes]

“I guess I’m trying to say, grab anything that goes by. It may not come around again.”

— John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

[summerhigh]

“I know people come and go but it still hurts when they do.”

— 3 am thoughts (via suspend)

[thrivingly]

“You go from “I am so afraid to lose him” to “I think I’m dying because I lost him” to “I will be okay without him” to “My life is so good, I don’t care if I ever see him again.” Years will pass and you will forget what made you stay. You will only know how freeing it is to say to his place in your memories, but never to his face, “You will never hurt me again.””

— You will wash your hands of him and the pain will be worth it. Don’t give up. (via achingchest)

[books-n-quotes]

“Mom says you should never ask for advice you aren’t willing to take. I wasn’t sure I agreed. Having an unbiased pair of eyes point out a sensible solution was helpful. But the sensible thing and the right thing weren’t always the same choice, and no one but you could truly understand the difference.”

— Jenn Bennett, The Anatomical Shape of a Heart

[wnq-writers]

“You don’t know anyone at the party, so you don’t want to go. You don’t like cottage cheese, so you haven’t eaten it in years. This is your choice, of course, but don’t kid yourself: it’s also the flinch. Your personality is not set in stone. You may think a morning coffee is the most enjoyable thing in the world, but it’s really just a habit. Thirty days without it, and you would be fine. You think you have a soul mate, but in fact you could have had any number of spouses. You would have evolved differently, but been just as happy. You can change what you want about yourself at any time. You see yourself as someone who can’t write or play an instrument, who gives in to temptation or makes bad decisions, but that’s really not you. It’s not ingrained. It’s not your personality. Your personality is something else, something deeper than just preferences, and these details on the surface, you can change anytime you like. If it is useful to do so, you must abandon your identity and start again. Sometimes, it’s the only way. Set fire to your old self. It’s not needed here. It’s too busy shopping, gossiping about others, and watching days go by and asking why you haven’t gotten as far as you’d like. This old self will die and be forgotten by all but family, and replaced by someone who makes a difference. Your new self is not like that. Your new self is the Great Chicago Fire—overwhelming, overpowering, and destroying everything that isn’t necessary.”

— Smith, Julien. The Flinch.

[booksquoteslife]

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[mypenleaksiridescence]

“Tell them about your life.

It’s scary, I know.

But it’s impossible for someone to love you

if they don’t even know who you are.”

- They Will I Love The Real You

[books-n-quotes]

If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.

Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale (via books-n-quotes)

[wnq-quotes]

In fact, no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in a moment of joy, one might sincerely believe that they are living that golden instant “now,” even having lived such a moment before, but whatever they say, in one part of their hearts they still believe in the certainty of a happier moment to come. Because how could anyone, and particularly anyone who is still young, carry on with the belief that everything could only get worse: If a person is happy enough to think he has reached the happiest moment of his life, he will be hopeful enough to believe his future will be just as beautiful, more so.

Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence (via wnq-quotes)

[wnq-writers]

i am not the person you left behind anymore i have new favorite songs, a new favorite color, new bad habits my hair is different, my heart is different, my soul is different the scars on my heart are now stars i am shining brighter than ever the freckles covering my skin are a map of my future and my past i am lighter than ever my smile tells stories of the places i’ve been i am happier than ever i’m not the person you left behind anymore remanence of the past still lingers but there is no one left here to miss

roughlycapricious (via wnq-writers)