quotes

I mainly post quotes from books I've read

[crystclskies]

Is it still a lie if you're masking what matters, but what you're saying is technically true?

the inheritance games, jennifer lynn barnes

[crystclskies]

They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it.

on earth we're briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong

[crystclskies]

Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity.

before the coffee gets cold, toshikazu kawaguchi

[metamorphesque]

from Vahan Teryan's letter to Nvard Toumanyan (translated by Tathev Simonyan)

[crystclskies]

Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey.

on earth we're briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong

[crystclskies]

I don’t know if you're happy, Ma. I never asked.

on earth we're briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong

[crystclskies]

It's a beautiful country because you're still in it.

on earth we're briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong

[crystclskies]

Sometimes you are erased before you are given the choice of stating who you are.

on earth we're briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong

[crystclskies]

What a terrible life, I think now, to have to move so fast just to stay in one place.

on earth we're briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong

[louisegluck]

Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals

[crystclskies]

try doing that without someone in the trenches trying to protect you

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, taylor jenkins reid

[gunsfvrhands]

Be a little kinder than you have to.

we were liars, e. lockhart (via gunsfvrhands)

[crystclskies]

Erinnerungen bleiben einem das ganze Leben, vergiss das nicht.

P.S. Ich liebe Dich, Cecelia Ahern

[crystclskies]

Vergiss unsere gemeinsamen Erinnerungen nicht, aber hab keine Angst davor, neue hinzuzufügen.

P.S. Ich liebe Dich, Cecelia Ahern

[crystclskies]

Wie soll man wissen, was Freude ist, wenn man nie Kummer hat?

P.S. Ich liebe Dich, Cecelia Ahern

[crystclskies]

Kein Mensch hat ein Leben, das nur aus perfekten kleinen Augenblicken besteht. Und wenn es so wäre, wären die Augenblicke nicht mehr perfekt, sondern normal.

P.S. Ich liebe Dich, Cecelia Ahern

[crystclskies]

Sie sehnte sich nach besseren Zeiten, aber es war wie mit allem: Wenn man ganz besonders intensiv auf etwas wartete, stellte es sich garantiert nicht ein.

P.S. Ich liebe Dich, Cecelia Ahern