“She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.”
—Jonathan Safran Foer (via misswallflower)
January 2012
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“When given the choice, we’d all rather be happy now … even if that guarantees we’ll all be sad later.”
—IV, Chuck Klosterman (via 52hearts)
“It’s said it takes seven years
to grow completely new skin cells.
To think, this year I will grow
into a body you never will
have touched.” —Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, December 21st, 2002 (via holdonmagnolia)
to grow completely new skin cells.
To think, this year I will grow
into a body you never will
have touched.” —Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, December 21st, 2002 (via holdonmagnolia)
I’m avoiding reality and I need to stop.
Enchanting Ghost
Sufjan Stevens
Enchanting Ghost | Sufjan Stevens
And if it grieves you to stay here, just go, oh
Have you ever felt like you were a burden to someone? Like they were only staying around you because they felt obligated to? That’s what resonates in my soul in this song for me.
Or if it pleases you to leave me, just go, oh
“I don’t miss journaling, but I do miss writing letters. Real paper letters. The kind you can kiss and burn.”
—Dawn West (nouvelliste)
- Him: You're an outlier. Too beautiful to live. Too rare to die.
- Me: ...I'm not sure that's a good thing. Is it?
- Him: Yes. I love you more than I love anything else. Even myself.
- Me: That can't possibly be true.
- Him: It must be.
“Here’s the thing that’s funny about self-love. People say that in order to have someone love you, you gotta love yourself and I think that’s BS. I know many people who are in relationships and full of self-loathing. In fact, it seems like the more damaged someone is, the more likely they are going to be in a relationship. It might not be a healthy one but they’ll be tethered to someone for sure. So listen, don’t go love yourself and think it’s going to complete the puzzle. Don’t think people are going to gravitate to you because when you love yourself, you delete 70% of your dating options because you’re looking for someone who’s equally as happy and well-adjusted, which is a rare thing to find. So love yourself just for the sake of doing it, for being able to look in the mirror without wincing and to take yourself out to the movies and lunch and think you’re great company. Do it in order to stay happy.”
—Things You Need In Order To Stay Happy (via creatingaquietmind)
“There are such wide abysses now of space and land between us. But we love each other.”
—Oscar Wilde (via lavandula)
“I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.”
—The Fault In Our Stars (via cuethefire)
There are two Justin Biebers following me on Instagram. Jealous?
There are times you find yourself waiting for the moment when you can start over. And there are times when life tells you, by giving you no other choice, Time to wake up. That moment is here.
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I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.
So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.
Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it.
Make your mistakes, next year and forever.
” —Neil Gaiman (via elige)
“I once had a thousand desires, but in my one desire to know you, all else melted away.”
—Rumi (via youngfolksociety)
“Society is afraid of alone though. Like lonely hearts are wasting away in basements. Like people must have problems if after awhile nobody is dating them. But lonely is a freedom that breathes easy and weightless, and lonely is healing if you make it.”
—Tanya Davis, How To Be Alone (via learn-how-to-be-alone)
When it comes to relationships and commitment there are some who will watch from the shore, some who will wade into it, and a few who will dive in head first into raging waters.
As I was enjoying the view, he was jumping. The thought of the water rushing into my lungs is almost paralyzing. But I have to wonder if this is one of those times when I should just let go, dive in and hope that the current doesn’t take me under.
“Memory is the great deceiver. Perhaps there are some individuals whose memories act like tape recordings, daily records of their lives complete in every detail, but I am not one of them. My memory is a patchwork of occurrences, of discontinuous events roughly sewn together: The parts I remember, I remember precisely, whilst other sections seemed to have vanished completely.”
—Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors (via halfstrippedtrees)
Cat Power - King Rides By (featuring Manny Pacquiao)
Cat Power
king rides by // cat power ft. manny pacquiao
download: here
Chan Marshall (Cat Power) recently released a new version of her 1996 track ‘King Rides By’. All proceeds from the sale of this mp3 will benefit the Festival of Children Foundation and Aley Forney Center. Make a donation by downloading the song via Cat Power’s website.
Also, check out the music video, shot by actor Giovanni Ribisi, featuring Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao working the speedbag in slow-mo.
Buy it, lovelies. It’s a beautiful song.
“Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Act because you need to act.”
—Paulo Coelho (via forgivethelost)
Alright 2012. So far, I’m liking your style and I can tell you’re not like the others. Please don’t disappoint me. We can be so good for each other.
“I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.”
—Alex Grey (via likethesun)
Happy New Year, my lovelies!
