[sawasawako-archived]

“You shall not go down twice to the same river, nor can you go home again. That [Shevek] knew; indeed it was the basis of his view of the world. Yet from that acceptance of transience he evolved his vast theory, wherein what is most changeable is shown to be fullest of eternity, and your relationship to the river, and the river’s relationship to you and to itself, turns out to be at once more complex and more reassuring than a mere lack of identity. You can go home again... so long as you understand that home is a place where you have never been.”

– Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed

[sunsetquotes]

“Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when nothing changes a speck, when you don’t go anywhere or do anything or think one new thought. And then you can get hit with a day, or an hour, or a half a second when so much happens it’s almost like you got born all over again into some brand-new person you for damn sure never expected to meet.”

— E.R. Frank

[remanence-of-love]

[thebookquotes]

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”

— James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name

[the-inspiring-quotes]

[thezeroquotes]

But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. The very water 1 drink, the very air I breathe, would feel like long, sharp needles. The pages of a book in my hands would take on the threatening metallic gleam of razor blades. I could hear the roots of loneliness creeping through me when the world was hushed at four o'clock in the morning.

— Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

[thezeroquotes]

People with depression have something very valuable to teach us... how to live when it doesn't ever feel good.

— Kay Warren

[thezeroquotes]

It's important to make sure that we're talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.

— Barack Obama

[thehopefulquotes]

There are some things about myself I can't explain to anyone. There are some things I don't understand at all.

— Haruki Murakami

[thehopefulquotes]

I was always attracted not by some quantifiable, external beauty, but by something deep down, something absolute. Just as some people have a secret love for rainstorms, earthquakes, or blackouts, I liked that certain, undefinable something.

— Haruki Murakami, The Unvisited

[stay-close]

I am sorry someone loved you badly, and that they made you feel like you take up more space than you deserve. I am sorry they abandoned you when you need them the most and it has made you believe that love is an awful thing that hurts.

— Nikita Gill

[ink-and-oceans]

“I’m sorry that nobody was here to hear your struggles, your pain, your heartache. I’m sorry that the only picture of heartbreak you’re familiar with is of shattered bits of yourself in an otherwise empty room. I’m sorry that there are still people who will read this and have it immediately draw up memories of held back tears.”

— tara love / and i want you to know that you’re not so alone

[luckylluminati]

“You are a perfectly acceptable human being right now, this minute. You are just as valid as other human being, without changing a single thing about yourself. That doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to want to grow, evolve or improve yourself, or you can’t do better sometimes. It just means that right now this instant, you are worthy of your own self love. Even if it is hard to love yourself sometimes, or you’re struggling with some really difficult stuff in your life, you still deserve it. So be kind to yourself, be kind to others, and give the best version of yourself that you can give, but know that even in the tough times, you are still valid, worthy and deserving.”

[movemequotes]

“When it comes down to it, if you feel crappy it’s because your brain is telling you that there’s a problem that’s unaddressed or unresolved. In other words, negative emotions are a call to action. When you feel them, it’s because you’re supposed to do something. Positive emotions, on the other hand, are rewards for taking the proper action. When you feel them, life seems simple and there is nothing else to do but enjoy it. Then, like everything else, the positive emotions go away, because more problems inevitably emerge.”

— Mark Mason, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

[i-wrotethisforme]

It’s okay to say you don’t think your husband is in this city or you don’t think your dream job is here or you don’t want to raise your kids here, and to pack up your bags and leave. You can go somewhere you have people you care about or somewhere you’ve never even been- there’s no right answer. You can be happy anywhere and you can be sad anywhere, and it has nothing to do with what state you’re in. It’s okay if your answer to “what job would you want if you can do anything in the world” is “none.” It’s okay to say you don’t know if you see yourself having kids, even if that’s something you one day were sure you wanted. It’s okay to be confused about what you want and who you are and to be afraid of staying still even if you’re happy because if you stay still too long you’re afraid you won’t ever be able to move again. And it’s okay if you once wanted things that you no longer do and and it doesn’t matter if someone else wants them for you or if other people are happy doing these things. You’re strong and you can make your own decisions. You’re free and you can change your mind. You’re you unless you decide you don’t want to be.

[i-wrotethisforme]

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this life of dive bars and bottle service and shitty weekend trips and fancy hotels, it’s happiness is completely and totally all about the people you’re with.

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