January 2012
“In dreams you don’t need to make any distinctions between things. Not at all. Boundaries don’t exist. So in dreams there are hardly ever collisions. Even if there are, they don’t hurt. Reality is different. Reality bites. Reality, reality.”
—Haruki Murakami (via danseurs)
“Unhappy memories are persistent. They’re specific, and it’s the details that refuse to leave us alone. Though a happy memory may stay with you just as long as one that makes you miserable, what you remember softens over time. What you recall is simply that you were happy, not necessarily the individual moments that brought about your joy. But the memory of something painful does just the opposite. It retains its original shape, all bony fingers and pointy elbows. Every time it returns, you get a quick poke in the eye or jab in the stomach. The memory of being unhappy has the power to hurt us long after the fact. We feel the injury anew each and every time we think of it.”
—Cameron Dokey (via irridere)
“The prettiest smile hide the deepest secrets. The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears. And the kindest heart has felt the most pain.”
—Unknown (via wordsbloom)
“Never look down on a person, unless you’re helping him up.”
—Jesse Jackson (via wordsbloom)
“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.”
—Norman Vincent Neale (via wordsbloom)
“These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.” —Robert Frost (via larmoyante)
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.” —Robert Frost (via larmoyante)
“How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.” —W.H. Auden (via larmoyante)
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.” —W.H. Auden (via larmoyante)
“The mouth is made for communication, and nothing is more articulate than a kiss.”
—Jarod Kints (It Occured to Me)
“Some people feel like they don’t deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”
—Jon Krakauer (via eletheowl)
“Because no matter how badly a thing is hurting us, sometimes letting it go hurts even worse.”
—Grey’s Anatomy (via eletheowl)
“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”
—Swami Vivekananda (via paperlover)
“ Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. ”
—William Dement (via paperlover)
