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I think I’m just breathing, that’s all. And there’s a difference between breathing and being alive.

John Boyne (via quotemadness)

[drawing of a red apple saying “Believing in yourself isn’t silly or unrealistic. You’re capable and talented, and you can accomplish a lot.” in a green speech bubble.]

puppiestotherescue

deeplifequotes

I have more conversations in my head than I do in real life.

Unknown (via deeplifequotes)

quotemadness

Because once you hear something, you can never return to the time before you heard it.

Jonathan Safran Foer (via quotemadness)

northgang

my-very-own-life-in-the-woods

quotemadness

You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.

Ernest Hemingway (via quotemadness)

amargedom

You don’t need to explain your dreams. They belong to you.

Paulo Coelho (via amargedom)

katstablook

Being the last to get a joke

vjeranski

Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)

The Breithorn"

arelativenewcomer

How can the spring rain That weaves wild, shifting patterns On the waterʼs face Yet spread a green, unvaried dye Along the mountain slopes? (from the Manʼyōshū anthology of Japanese poetry, tr. Edwin Cranston)

Whatever people do, they tend to get accustomed to images and sounds accompanying their activities. If every week you sit in the tearoom listening to the kettle singing on the hearth, you run the risk of starting to take the kettle and its song for granted. But a steady rain of early spring tapping on the window is enough for the great awakening to happen. You hear the kettle sing for the very first time, as the very first spring unfolds outside.

Listening to spring rain with (top to bottom): Kawase Hasui, Kankai Temple in Beppu, c. 1927 [source]; Kawase Hasui, Spring Rain at Gokoku-ji Temple, 1932 [source]; Tsuchiya Koitsu, Spring Rain, 1936 [source]; Yoshida Hiroshi, Spring Rain—Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossom, 1935 [source]; Kawase Hasui, Tochinoki Hot Springs in Higo Province, 1922 [source]; Kawase Hasui, Sakurada Gate in Spring Rain, no date [source].