innocent hearts.

It is our choices that show what we really are, far more than our abilities

[esmayaakoub]

The other day I was walking through a store, and for no particular reason I started feeling really anxious. Normally I put music on to avoid this, but I had taken my headphones out for something. So I instictively put my headphones back in and played ‘make it right’ by BTS. Hearing the first notes of the song already made me feel so much better. I realised something, one of the many (many many many) reasons I love BTS so much is because their songs truly make me feel something, they move me, they help me, and for every feeling I have, for every situation there is a song that fits. And I think that’s really beautiful.

When I’m feeling anxious I listen to Make It Right.

When I’m doubting myself I listen to Love Myself.

When I’m happy I listen to Euphoria.

When I’m thankful I listen to Mikrokosmos.

When I wanna feel like a bad ass I listen to Not Today.

Just a few examples of how much music can affect you, and how often a band isn’t just a band. ♥︎

[books-n-quotes]

“Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her mouth, and she found herself saying the wrong thing or, more often, nothing at all.”

— Julia Quinn, Romancing Mister Bridgerton (via books-n-quotes)

[esmayaakoub]

How is this so accurate though

[spillywolf-deactivated20190920]

If courage isn’t the absence of fear but doing the right thing regardless of it, maybe confidence isn’t the absence of insecurity but knowing you have real worth despite it

[oncemylove-deactivated20180625]

this is beautiful

[randomslasher]

By this same token, maybe goodness isn’t the absence of bad thoughts or impulses, but the conscious choice to behave according to your moral ideals in spite of them. 

[esmayaakoub]

I just love this song so much I can’t even describe it. It makes my heart warm. 💜💖

[esmayaakoub]

Beasts made of night - Tochi Onyebuchi

I read this book a while ago, but I just never wrote a review. Not even on goodreads, I just gave it 3 stars. Now the reason for my lack of writing my thoughts about this book is because I didn’t really know what I wanted to say about it. I really love the concept of the book, the world and the magical aspect of it. But I think it could have been a better story, I was constantly thrown off and confused about what was happening and why it was happening. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of times this can be a good thing! But in this book I needed more of an explanation and more world building and character building to truly understand the people and the way things worked. i think it would have been nice if we had more of an introduction to the characters and their specific traits and such, as I had trouble connecting to them at times. I did like the way the main character was portayed and the way he thought, also the sinbeasts were really cool and were described really well. The ending was a bit rushed I thought, again I didn’t understand what was happening and I didn’t like the build-up to the ending. This book, to me, felt more like a filler than a first book in a series. But maybe I need to try again or read it in a different way for me to actually like it, because I really do like the concept. Anyway, tell me what you think about this book if you want, or tell me any recs you have :) x

[lostinjapcn]

“i’m writing this not only to the 15 year old kid who’s scared to follow their heart because of what people might say but also to the 50 year old who may be doing the exact same thing.”

-shawn via instagram, 6/23/19

[esmayaakoub]

I love him so much and even more for this

[bakwaaas]

[thedailyshawnmendes]

shawnmendes: #Señorita video with @camila_cabello midnight ET tonight! Join us for the premiere on YouTube starting at 10pm & chat at 11pm ET x

[ehditaan]

Give me a Harry Potter who can’t sleep. Not just because he dreams of Voldemort. Give me Harry Potter who startles awake at every stray noise in the dorm, every creaking floor and cough, who wakes with a gasp ready to hear Aunt Petunia’s screech. Ready to be yanked out of bed, put to work or punished.

Give me a Harry Potter who is nervous to take too much food in the dining hall, who keeps automatically picking up his plate when he’s done, ready to clear and clean it before he remembers, embarrassed, that it isn’t his job anymore.

Give me a Harry who makes himself small and silent when he knocks something over. Harry who tries desperately to clean a spill before Mrs. Weasley sees it, who apologizes profusely when she finds him, who can’t help but tear up when she disappears it with a wave of her wand and chuckles as she reassured him no mess will ever compare to her twins.

Give me a Harry working to overcome a decade of abuse and neglect. Give me a Harry with ptsd not just from major moments of trauma, but complex-ptsd from years of consistent neglect and emotional abuse.

[shavvnmcndcs]

señorita || shawn mendes

[esmayaakoub]

I’m not ok I love this

[undertheniall]

Señorita

[esmayaakoub]

FRICK

[books-n-quotes]

“Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures. No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but words will stab and stay, burying themselves in our bones to become corpses we carry into the future, all the time digging and failing to rip their skeletons from our flesh.”

— Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me (via books-n-quotes)

[wordsnquotes]

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.”

—

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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[hogwarty-houses]

Hogwarts Houses as: … Houses

Gryffindor: would live in a renovated fire house. Red bricks. Spacious. With an exciting atmosphere.

Ravenclaw: Modern. Simplistic. Beautifully designed and sophisticated.

Hufflepuff: Earthy. Rustic. Wooden walls. Loads of plants. Absolutely cozy and welcoming.

Slytherin: Modern gothic. Bought an old gothic house and renovated it to look amazing.

[thedailyshawnmendes]

x

[esmayaakoub]

How

[wordsnquotes]

“If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all.”

— Yogi Bhajan

[wordsnquotes]

“Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul.”

— Jaime Lyn Beatty