"It’s weird to feel someone’s attention on you that way, like you’re the only thing in the world they’re listening to. Most of the time people are distracted, or just thinking about what they’re going to say next."
- Lilith Saintcrow, Jealousy
(via simply-quotes)
"I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them."
- Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping
"There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub."
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Maureen Johnson, The Last Little Blue Envelope
(via aseaofquotes)
"Its funny how sometimes the people you’d take a bullet for, are the ones behind the trigger."
- Ritu Ghatourey
"How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin-scarred wino on the street, how I respond to interruptions from people I dislike, how I deal with normal people in their normal confusion on a normal day may be a better indication of my reverence for life than the antiabortion sticker on the bumper of my car."
- Brennan Manning
(via ineedtobelieve)
"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike."
- J.K. Rowling
"Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And we find that we cannot. For all darkness in the world stems from darkness in the heart. And it is there that we must do our work."
- Marianne Williamson
"But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves. Without fail."
- David Levithan
"It is more Important to be of pure intention than of perfect action."
- Ilyas Kassam
"At least once in your life, when you need to reset, pick a handful of places 4 to 8 hours away in every direction. Put them in a hat, get in the car, pull a name, and drive there. No questions asked."
(via hourglasss)
"Too many guys think I’m a concept, or I complete them, or I’m gonna make them alive. But I’m just a fucked-up girl who’s looking for my own peace of mind; don’t assign me yours."
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"The way to love someone is to lightly run your finger over that person’s soul until you find a crack, and then gently pour your love into that crack."
- ~ Keith Miller
