Craving for beauty

“I don't want to sound like Pollyanna," she began, "but you haven't grasped me yet. My courage is faith- faith in the eternal resilience of me- that joy'll come back, and hope and spontaneity. And I feel that till it does I've got to keep my lips shut...

[simple-insomnia]

Group of women dancing down a forest path

[oneandonly-ag]

I'm a slut for beautiful sunsets and the stars

[patheticgoth-deactivated2016062]

tip: don’t read old conversations

[fastenyourseatbelt]

été/summer/estate/verano

[determinate]

[theladybadass]

(from 1930s newsreel)

[riceblush-deactivated20181229]

*me after being cold and distant and generally icy* : hey why don’t u like me anymore

[bepeu-deactivated20171202]

i just need a hug(e amount of money)

[contrariansoul-deactivated20180]

Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

 Abraham Heschel, Between God and Man (via contrariansoul)

[saintjoan]

around the world in 80 cities: paris, france

[iloveyoursoul]

[theyoleauxist-blog]

[ferregalma-deactivated20180409]

[inkskinned]

it won’t be like what you imagined. maybe you get the road trip to the beach with coffee in your hand and the radio playing, maybe you don’t. but happy shows up. it’s in a 2 AM game of jenga with your new college friends. it’s curling up for another marathon of netflix. it’s meeting the person who will be your best man at the wedding. it’s 4:45pm in the library when the girl in the study coral across from you quietly whispers “i’m going to set everything on fire” and then turns to you and asks if you wanna take a break for dinner (say yes, she’s very nice and you both need a moment away from the stress). it’s the mornings they have omelettes and in good books and in a puddle that looks cool. it’s sometimes picturesque, but more often it’s full-belly laughter at stupid things on the floor of your friend’s house while in the background someone is debating the best way to win settlers of catan. 

i know it gets dark early now and the tired is setting in and everything sort of feels blank and hazy and you want to spend ages staring at walls thinking of nothing

but happiness will find a way in. it will be small moments. look for them.

[historicaltimes]

Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture . She refused to perform in America for segregated audiences, and supported the Civil Rights Movement.

via reddit

[overfloatedmind]

little known fun fact: she was also a spy for the French resistance during WWII, smuggling confidential information written in invisible ink on sheet music. 

badass in every possible way

[wnq-writers]

Sometimes the worst pain of the day isn’t what you thought it’d be. Sometimes it’s just as simple as realizing the difference between who you’ll be in their story and who they’ll be in yours.

cmonfhgwgads (via wordsnquotes)

[wordsnquotes]

One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn’t have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see. Your body is your temple, it’s your home, and you must decorate it.

Gabourey Sidibe (via wordsnquotes)