May 2010
Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.
– Hubert Humphrey (via thoughtsdetained) (via quote-book)
I keep getting really worried...
That I’m never going to be able to open up to someone again.
You can’t really be too concerned with what people think of you. You’re on...
– Tom Waits (via nedhepburn) (via bebelestrange) (via urbanredneck) (via thresca)
Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to...
– Sigmund Freud (via danielac) (via quote-book) (via lovebot)
When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.
– William Shakespeare | Submitted by raifk (via quote-book) (via lovebot)
She wasn’t bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The...
– The Perks of Being a Wallflower (via reneeruinseverything, runawaytrain) (via randomnothingness)
He didn’t understand how much a father could love his daughter.
– The Lovely Bones (via quote-book)
I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just...
– Elizabeth Wurtzel (via brokenmachine)
Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had...
– Octavia Butler (via libraryland) (via quote-book)
But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar...
– Mitch Albom (via thresca) (via quote-book)
Don’t attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because...
– (via eletheowl) (via brokenmachine)
There’s a big fucking world out there. It’s messy, and it’s chaotic, and it’s...
– In the Land of Women (via eletheowl)
And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think...
– The Kite Runner (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
She’s tough. She’s tried to hide it. She’s difficult. But if you make the...
– Grey’s Anatomy (via eletheowl)
Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There...
– Jacob M. Braude (via littlemiss)
Don’t think you’re so special or different just cause you’re hurting. Cause...
– (via eletheowl)
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
– Havelock Ellis (via brokenmachine)