February 2010
11 posts
Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery’s shadow or reflection: the...
– C. S. Lewis (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
January 2010
14 posts
When you love someone you celebrate their successes and help them keep moving...
– S. Linton (via quote-book)
Have you ever tasted regret? Possibly you’ve taken a nibble, or maybe it was your main course for dinner last night. Nauseating isn’t it? In its core, it’s a sweet flavor full of sugary bliss, but its covering is bitter. Almost like a cookie baked with salt instead of sugar, the goodness is completely overpowered by the unpleasantness. You can still taste that bit of good, but it’s so tainted that...
He loved her and she loved him, but that still wasn’t enough to satisfy her. So she folded the sheets, made the bed, and gathered all her possessions before closing the door locked behind her. She thought maybe if she cleaned up enough around the apartment, got rid of all remnants of herself, he could quickly erase her from his memories, and quite possibly forget her altogether.
Mocha Latte
The sun touched a spot on her cheek and a place in her heart, slowly the unwinding barbed wire outer shell she usually wore like a winter coat. Then when she stepped into the small coffee shop to order her mocha latte the cashier gave her a perplexing look, of which she wrote off as her natural instinct to read into everything.
“That’ll be $2.50,” the cashier...
If I meant to hurt you I would have put knives under my words, but instead I tied them to balloons in hopes that I could float away with them.
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that...
– Chuck Palahniuk (via femmefemmefemme)
The best moments in reading are when you come across something —a thought, a...
– The History Boys (via julie911) (via quote-book) (via insituthoughts)