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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura

Haruki Murakami, after the quake

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She wasn't exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.

Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks

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It's the one thing they can't do. They can make you say anything - anything - But they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you.

1984, George Orwell

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I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.

The Kite Runner (via bl-ossomed)

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“The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long.

stargirl

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In our minds, we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew. 

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There are some things we do because it would convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that its the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth.

My sister’s keeper

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There will be times in your life when you will feel underappreciated. Unloved. Lonely. And those are the best times to practice a little self-love. For years, I didn’t get the meaning behind the simple words of “love yourself”. It sounds great on paper, but what does it truly mean, in a practical sense, to love yourself? And more importantly, how do you achieve it exactly? Do you just get up in the morning and stare in the mirror and say “I love you”? Do you go around pretending you are awesome and hope that somehow that will make you feel awesome? Do you have to keep saying some mantra in your head, “I’m awesome, I’m awesome, I love myself”? Maybe it’s those things too but maybe it’s something else entirely. One time I came across a quote that single-handedly and utterly resolved the issue for me. The quote went something along these lines: “Treat yourself the way you would treat someone you love.” The quote gave me that eureka moment of finally realizing how I can practice self-love. All I have to do is simply think about the people I love and how much I want them to be happy and how I treat them and apply the same concepts to myself. For example, My friend is not worthless. They are magnificent and warm and all the things that make the world a better place and they deserve to be treated right. When I transfer that concept to myself, I realize that I make the world brighter for someone else and I deserve to be treated well by others. Or I don’t want my partner to smoke and eat junk food. I don’t want them to keep doing things that are unhealthy and that might hurt them in the future. Why should I give myself a pass on those things as well? As someone who cares about their long term future, I should steer myself towards cultivating good habits. Or My family member is feeling down and depressed. Instead of being hard on them or making it worse for them, I try to be of comfort to them. I’ll watch a movie with them if they want, cook them a meal, or bring them outside. The same concept applies to myself. I shouldn’t be hard on myself for not being at 100% sometimes and it’s alright to give myself downtime or to give in and do things that give me pleasure/happiness. See, it’s all really elemental, isn’t it? Just remember, “Treat yourself the way you would treat someone you love.”

sleeplessspirits   (via exoticwild)

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Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”—  Neil Gaiman

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You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

 Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

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“Do you know how sometimes - when you are riding your bike and you start skidding across sand, or when you miss a step and start tumbling down the stairs - you have those long, long seconds to know that you are going to be hurt, and badly?” ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper

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Do not try to be pretty. You weren’t meant to be pretty; you were meant to burn down the earth and graffiti the sky. Don’t let anyone ever simplify you to just “pretty.”

Things I Wish My Mother Had Taught Me | d.a.s  (via getoffyourfeetandmakethiscount)

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My dear, find what you love and let it kill you.  Let it drain you of your all Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you and let it devour your remails. For all things will kill you, both slowly and fast, but it's much better to be killed by a lover,