November 2011
October 2011
“When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away even if it’s only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.”
—Kurt Vonnegut (via ree-writes)
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.”
—Alan Bennett (via papercrushed)
“We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what it is our soul needs to learn, the path presents itself. Sometimes we see the way out but wander further and deeper despite ourselves; the fear, the anger or the sadness preventing us returning. Sometimes we prefer to be lost and wandering, sometimes it’s easier. Sometimes we find our own way out. But regardless, always, we are found.”
—Cecelia Ahern, Thanks for the Memories (via lovedeen)
“I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate.”
—Jeff Buckley (via coricorinna)
“Always choose to heal, not to hurt, to forgive not to despise, to persevere not to quit, to smile not to frown, and to love not to hate! At the end of life, what really matters is not what we bought, but what we built, not what we got, but what we shared, not our competence but our character, and not our success but our significance. Live a life that matters. Live a life that cares… and be Yourself!”
—(via b0nds0fl0ve)
“Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.”
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Christian D. Larsen (via chill-bro)
(via head-desk)
“[A] purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan (1959)
“Allow life to happen to you. Believe me, life is right in all cases.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (Trans. by Joan M. Burnham)
