May 2013
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“There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things...”
– John Green, Looking for Alaska
12 tags
“They say death is hardest on the living. It’s tough to actually say goodbye....”
– Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy (Season 9, Episode 1)
10 tags
“The world feels so big when you’re out in the wide open. It’s like...”
– Gayle Forman, Where She Went
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Question of the Month
What makes you happy?
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“The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even...”
– Wendy Wunder, The Probability of Miracles
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“You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and...”
– Jamie Tworkowski
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“We are all a people in need. We are not perfect. We are not machines. We make...”
– Jamie Tworkowski
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“I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for...”
– Jonathan Carroll
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“The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with...”
– Jonathan Carroll, Sleeping in Flame
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“Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a...”
– Jonathan Carroll
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“You have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they...”
– Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy
April 2013
11 tags
“You are born and then you die, but in between you can do anything you want....”
– Zola Jesus, Dazed & Confused (Interview)
9 tags
“Anger is a valid emotion. It’s only bad when it takes control and makes...”
– Ellen Hopkins, Fallout
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“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like...”
– Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran
9 tags
“I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile...”
– James Frey
7 tags
“Some people
Never find the right kind of love.
You know, the kind that steals...”
– Ellen Hopkins, Tricks
7 tags
“When you love someone, you don’t want to hurt them, even if they deserve...”
– Ellen Hopkins, Glass
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“You’re like the ocean… Pretty enough on the surface, but dive down...”
– Ellen Hopkins
7 tags
“She said one thing, I said another, next thing I knew, I wanted to spend the...”
– Hank Moody, Californication (2007)
7 tags
“Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude...”
– Unknown
8 tags
“Sometimes things aren’t what they appear. We all have hurts that we...”
– Charles Sheehan-Miles, A Song for Julia
8 tags
“It’s okay to lose yourself for a little while. In books, in music, in art....”
– Unknown
11 tags
“We worship perfection because we can’t have it; if we had it, we would...”
– Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
10 tags
“You don’t know anyone at the party, so you don’t want to go. You don’t like...”
– Julien Smith, The Flinch
8 tags
“If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for...”
– Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
7 tags
“You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should...”
– Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon
8 tags
“Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow -...”
– Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
9 tags
“Music is a total constant. That’s why we have such a strong visceral...”
– Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
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“To those who stay put, the world is but an imaginary place. But to the movers,...”
– Unknown
11 tags
“I love that moment. When you’re on a long car ride, or listening to music, or...”
– Unknown
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“Let’s pray for Boston. And Syria. And Egypt. And Pakistan. And...”
– Tamara Qabazard
11 tags
“That is the fear: I have lost something important, and I cannot find it, and I...”
– John Green, Looking for Alaska
9 tags
“There comes a time when we realize that our parents cannot save themselves or...”
– John Green, Looking for Alaska
“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than...”
– Norman Vincent Peale (via zodiaccity)
2 tags
Question of the Month
If you were going to write a book, what would you call it and what would it be about?
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“There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just...”
– Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies
14 tags
“To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“You’re only human. You don’t have to have it together every minute...”
– Anne Hathaway, Bride Wars
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“Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow...”
– Ibn Taymiyyah
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“Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.”
– Jennifer Donnelly, The Wild Rose
9 tags
“He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good.”
– Jennifer Donnelly
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“Love in all its forms is very difficult… To express. It changes,...”
– Dylan Moran
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“People will kill you over time, and how they’ll kill you is with tiny, harmless...”
– Dylan Moran
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“Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that...”
– Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light
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“Right now I want a word that describes the feeling that you get — a cold...”
– Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light
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“That’s how you stay alive. When it hurts so much you can’t breathe,...”
– Izzie, Grey’s Anatomy
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“At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don’t keep other...”
– Meredith, Grey’s Anatomy
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“Under the cover of darkness, people do things they never do under the harsh...”
– Meredith, Grey’s Anatomy
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“A woman is not written in braille, you don’t have to touch her to know her.”
– Unknown
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...”
– Helen Keller (via zodiaccity) 