May 2011
53 posts
“But I think, personally, that it would be worse to have been alone all that...”
– Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby (via theprincessleah)
“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face...”
– Douglas H. Everett (via elicec)
“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. You spend your whole life stuck in...”
– John Green (Looking For Alaska)
“Do the things you used to talk about doing but never did. Know when to let go...”
– Kristin Armstrong (via everythingfab)
Lula: How do you think being a girl is different now, say from the 60s?
Tennessee Thomas: I think girls will always be the same. We'll always like flowers and dresses and cats, and being irritating. I know I can appreciate the same things as my mum and as my grandma. But in some ways I wish it were still the 60s. I wish I could go to see the Beatles. That was just such an inspiration time. Thankfully everyone did such a great job preserving it. I feel like I can experience it too, by watching films and listening to records and looking at pictures. And my mum hung onto a few of her Biba purchases...
“He thought for a second, then said, “I don’t know. Just because someone’s pretty...”
– Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever (via quote-book)
“‘I loved her.’ Ray gazed back, his face as empty as a rubber mask. ‘You know...”
– Dennis Lehane, Mystic River (2001)
“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either...”
– Marjorie Pay Hinckley (via kari-shma)
“To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because...”
– Victoria Moran (via theprincessleah)
“Be yourself. I know that sounds cliche, but we all have seriously quirky things...”
– Idina Menzel (via quote-book)
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into...”
– Albert Schweitzer (via girlwithoutwings)
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is...”
– Dead Poets Society (1989)
“That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone....”
– Sarah Dessen (The Truth about Forever)
“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess...”
– Jay Asher - Thirteen Reasons Why (via littlemiss)
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t...”
– Louise Erdrich (The Painted Drum)
“A fish cannot drown in water. A bird does not fall in air. Each creature god...”
– Mechthild of Magdeburg (via quote-book)
“I’m always busy. You know, the more I do, the more ideas I have—that’s the funny...”
– Karl Lagerfeld (via jessicachu)
“Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person,...”
– Mother Teresa (via kari-shma)
“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people....”
– Siddhārtha Gautama (via kari-shma)
“Someone once said that the moment you stop to think about whether you love...”
– The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
(quote submitted by letitrainonwinter)
Interviewer: Since you're all a bunch of young guys, I want to know what turns you on?
Gerard: Wow, I'm not that young! Bengay turns me on.
Mikey: Coke Zero.
Ray: Sleep.
Gerard: Bob, what turns you on, man?
Bob: Slippers.
Frank: My fiancé. That's it.
Ray: Aww come on!
Frank: I'm getting presents now!
