January 2012
15 posts
“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.”
—Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
“Never miss judge the most faithful heart”
—Beethoven
“People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.”
—C. Palahniuk, Haunted
“Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts.”
—Edgar Allen Poe
“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have a feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well. So I take memories as they come, accepting them all, letting them guide me whenever I can.”
—Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember
“They’re operating under the logic that women today aren’t just supposed to be strong and independent — we’re also supposed to be happy about it. We’re supposed to focus on our own lives, and when a partner comes along, that’s gravy, not the main course. We’re supposed to have high standards, and if a guy doesn’t meet them, we should be gloriously fulfilled on our own. We’re empowered.”
—Lori Gottlieb
“Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside”.”
—― Marilyn Monroe (via iammovingtoparis)
