January 2012
“When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?” He made a fist. “Why? Because a baby, not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say the whole world is mine. But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned his lesson.” “What lesson?” I asked. He stretched open his empty fingers. “We can take nothing with us.”
—Mitch Albom (via troubled)
“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”
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Eleanor Roosevelt (via eletheowl)
Otherwise, we just throw reason away completely and care care care all the same. And make complete fools of ourselves.
“Maybe this was our last summer as best friends. I feel like something’s going to change now and I’m not going to be able to change it back.”
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Jacqueline Woodson, Last Summer with Maizon
the truth hurts
“The great thing about real life is that it belongs to you. You can make it up as you go along.”
—Victoria Ashton (via simply-quotes)
“It doesn’t matter what people tell you. It doesn’t matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you’re headed in the exact right direction.”
—Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic (via simply-quotes)
“Over the last couple of years, the photos of me when I was a kid…well, they’ve started to give me a little pang or something - not unhappiness, exactly, but some kind of quiet, deep regret. I keep wanting to apologize to the little guy: ‘I’m sorry, I’ve let you down. I was the person who was supposed to look after you, but I blew it. I made wrong decisions at bad times, and I turned you into me.’”
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Nick Hornby, High Fidelity (via simply-quotes)
Welcome to my brain.
“When you are attracted to people, it’s because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most.”
—Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home (via simply-quotes)
“I’d rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.”
—Ned Vizzini
