June 2011
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A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via girlwithoutwings)
or it can make us great
(via chos)
Kurt Vonnegut
foralskelse:
1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut. 5. Sound like yourself. 6. Say what you mean to say. 7. Pity the readers.
“bottled emotions sold in supermarket isles.
take two a day for the rest of your life for guaranteed happiness.
neon signs and twisted words and thoughts that lead you nowhere.”
- Part of a Journal Entry. Sometimes I have no idea why I write the things I do.
and then someone touches you and you freeze up.
every muscle in your body tenses and coils and your breathe catches and you’re thinking “why did they do that?” you feel wrong and broken and you shut down because now someone knows something about you, something you can’t hide, like a dirty shirt that you throw into the back of the closet one day and forget about. Its like...
What we are right now
is so little compared to
what we will become.
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a...
– Hemingway on F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Moveable Feast (via lesmotsjustes)
how often i had witnessed it in others, and yet now it almost surprised me: the...
– nicole krauss (via poorlywrittenhistory)
I give up.
I’m tired of trying so hard with people.
hibernation/solitary mode from now on.
When your breath races
and your cheeks flush with color,
I will meet you...
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
Sailing on
rachelleah:
I’ve got a hurricane for a heart right now and I can’t feel a thing..
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You know what's amazing about life?
findingthinagain:
You get through everything. Little things and big things, good things and bad things. That test that made you sick with nervousness? That was 8 months ago. That long run you didn’t want to haul your ass out of bed for? You’ve done 10 more since then. Time just keeps ticking, and eventually you’ll be on the other side of this.
I'm tired.
tired of talking about myself.
tired of talking about eating disorders.
tired of being told to grow my hair out.
tired of being told I should tell myself that “I’m worth it” that “I’m okay with me.”
tired of feeling empty and hollow and broken and of not being able to accept compliments and of being afraid all the time.
tired of being afraid to touch people...
But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar...
– Mitch Albom (via kari-shma)
Applying for a Job at the Getty.
because I can.
You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy...
– Oscar Wilde (via helloheather)
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You have a lifetime to learn technique. But I can teach you what is more...
– Garry Winogrand (1928-84)
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She left pieces of her life behind her everywhere she went. It’s easier to feel...
– Leaving Pieces -Story People (via thoughtsonahill)
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coffee breath: that’s why i relate to those sorts... →
alyssasayshello:
that’s why i relate to those sorts of things. things, like with hot melted iron—it’s not necessarily beautiful, but pretty, in its glow, dangerous though, because if you were to be immersed, you would not survive. however, i guess that’s where the metaphor breaks, because you will survive….
Chase away sorrow by living
– melissa marr
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