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"There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things undone that day. Things..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:55:43 -0400

“There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things undone that day. Things that did not go right, things that seemed okay at the time because we could not see the future. If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can’t know better until knowing better is useless.”

- John Green, Looking for Alaska

"They say death is hardest on the living. It’s tough to actually say goodbye. Sometimes it’s..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:52:10 -0400

“They say death is hardest on the living. It’s tough to actually say goodbye. Sometimes it’s impossible. You never really stop feeling the loss. It’s what makes things so bittersweet. We leave little bits of ourselves behind, little reminders, a lifetime of memories, photos, trinkets, things to remember us by… even when we’re gone.”

- Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy (Season 9, Episode 1)

"The world feels so big when you’re out in the wide open. It’s like you don’t have..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:48:31 -0400

“The world feels so big when you’re out in the wide open. It’s like you don’t have a place in it when you don’t have a home.”

- Gayle Forman, Where She Went

Question of the Month

Sat, 04 May 2013 08:31:20 -0400

What makes you happy?

"The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back."

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:31:22 -0400

“The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.”

- Wendy Wunder, The Probability of Miracles

"You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:27:00 -0400

“You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that other person to someone else, a living breathing screaming invitation to believe better things.”

- Jamie Tworkowski

"We are all a people in need. We are not perfect. We are not machines. We make mistakes. We need..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:24:00 -0400

“We are all a people in need. We are not perfect. We are not machines. We make mistakes. We need grace. We need compassion. We need help at times. We need other people. And that’s okay.”

- Jamie Tworkowski

"I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip,..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:21:32 -0400

“I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.”

- Jonathan Carroll

"The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself."

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:16:20 -0400

“The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.”

- Jonathan Carroll, Sleeping in Flame

"Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child’s smile,..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:13:41 -0400

“Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child’s smile, and a cup of excellent coffee.”

- Jonathan Carroll

"You have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they overwhelm you, too far and..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:09:00 -0400

“You have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they overwhelm you, too far and they abandon you.”

- Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy

"You are born and then you die, but in between you can do anything you want. It’s society that..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:10:00 -0400

“You are born and then you die, but in between you can do anything you want. It’s society that creates rules for us, but you can break out of that.”

- Zola Jesus, Dazed & Confused (Interview)

"Anger is a valid emotion. It’s only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:04:10 -0400

“Anger is a valid emotion. It’s only bad when it takes control and makes you do things you don’t want to do.”

- Ellen Hopkins, Fallout

"You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:01:47 -0400

“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again.”

- Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran

"I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile and I wore thick..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:57:02 -0400

“I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile and I wore thick fucking armor. And I hurt people so they wouldn’t hurt me. And I thought that’s what being tough was but it isn’t.”

- James Frey

"Some people Never find the right kind of love. You know, the kind that steals your breath away, like..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:44:14 -0400

“Some people
Never find the right kind of love.
You know, the kind that steals
your breath away, like diving into snowmelt.
The kind that jolts your heart,
sets it beating apace, an anxious
hiccuping of hummingbird wings.
The kind that makes every terrible
minute apart feel like hours. Days.
Some people flit from one possibility
to the next, never experiencing the incredible
connection of two people, rocked by destiny.
Never knowing what it means to love
someone else more than themselves.
More than life itself, or the promise
of something better, beyond this world.
More, even (forgive me!) than God.
Lucky me. I found the right kind
of love. With the wrong person.”

- Ellen Hopkins, Tricks

"When you love someone, you don’t want to hurt them, even if they deserve to be hurt. When you..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:37:54 -0400

“When you love someone, you don’t want to hurt them, even if they deserve to be hurt. When you love someone, you want to hurt them, even when they don’t deserve to be hurt.”

- Ellen Hopkins, Glass

"You’re like the ocean… Pretty enough on the surface, but dive down into your depths,..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:36:22 -0400

“You’re like the ocean… Pretty enough on the surface, but dive down into your depths, you’ll find beauty most people never see.”

- Ellen Hopkins

"She said one thing, I said another, next thing I knew, I wanted to spend the rest of my life in the..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:34:00 -0400

“She said one thing, I said another, next thing I knew, I wanted to spend the rest of my life in the middle of that conversation.”

- Hank Moody, Californication (2007)

"Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:28:55 -0400

“Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.”

- Unknown