[wordsnquotes]

A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine. Above all, mind what you say. ‘Behold how much wood is kindled by how small a fire, and the tongue is a fire’ – that’s the truth.

Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (via wordsnquotes)

[just-shower-thoughts]

All the Star Wars movies are just about the drama of one family. It’s basically “Keeping up with the Skywalkers”.

[wordsnquotes]

It’s such a liability to love another person… it’s like playing catch with grenades.

Janet Fitch, White Oleander  (via wordsnquotes)

[wordsnquotes]

I think it’s important to realize you can miss something, but not want it back.

Paulo Coelho (via wordsnquotes)

[impossoufle-blog]

Troubled Waters

By myself I dream Alone I come and go Like the waves of the sea Contorting dark waters Cold storms wreak havoc upon my soul Yet under the turmoil and rage Life flourishes

[uuquotes]

The day is done, and the darkness falls from the wings of night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Unitarian, poet)

[uuquotes]

Listen. Every molecule is humming its particular pitch. Of course you are a symphony. Whose tune do you think the planet are singing as they dance?

Lynn Ungar (Unitarian Universalist, educator, poet, clergy)

[uuquotes]

Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set in.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Unitarian, soldier, statesman, clergy)

[uuquotes]

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Unitarian, poet)

[uuquotes]

It isn’t love that makes the world go round but compassion – starting over in gentleness when love hasn’t been enough or other factors have failed: a gentle refusal to blame oneself or others and just begin again.

Nancy Shaffer (Unitarian Universalist, clergy) While Still There Is Light: Writings From A Minister Facing Death (via uuquotes)

[impossoufle-blog]

A classic case of growing up too fast

I 
Am a manifestation 
Of manipulation and abuse
Of 17 raping 14 
Of silence and shame Of doubt and rage
Of teenage birthmothers and deadbeat fathers 
Of drugs and alcohol 
Of Depression and anorexia 
Of self harm and long sleeves 
Of suicide and inch wide scars
Of a never ending battle between my head and my heart Of a figure more gruesome Than hades rising above my head But there is love 
Sprouting from purring bundles of fur along my stomach at 4 am 
But there is love,
In the arms supporting me when I succumb to the memories 
There is love
In a stranger opening the door 
There is love 
for the man who told the bus driver to wait 
So I could pick up my painting from the street 
There is love 
Baking in the oven of summertime pools and coolers
There is love
Bubbling in the moment when the first three chords to a song you didn’t even know you were waiting for reverberate in your earbuds 
There is love
Tattooed across this wrist of 4 tries 
There is love
Woven into the fabric of week long service trips wrapped around my ankle, reminding me every single day that yes, it really could have been worse 
There is love
Pulling through curls of red 
There is always love.
There can never not be love
Because the vines of love they grow
No
They erupt
from me and
I swear I will live

[wordsnquotes]

But you didn’t rest your mind. Your mind is overactive, and the mind is what counts, dear.

Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (via wordsnquotes)

[artmania-feed]

[passion]

started from the bottom and i was somehow able to get lower

[wordsnquotes]

I didn’t leave because I stopped loving you, I left because the longer I stayed the less I loved myself.

Rupi Kaur (via wordsnquotes)

[just-shower-thoughts]

The worst part of being a giraffe is having a lot of time to reflect on your mistakes while sinking in quicksand.

[moan-s]