84067"Don’t lose yourself just because you found somebody." -Anonymous (via stevenbong)

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206"You’re not a failure. Don’t think that, beloved. You are special, and beautiful. You may fail, but that does not end your story. Your failures don’t diminish your hope, or the plans of your God. Your Father assures you that whatever happens, you just have to keep on looking up to Him, because everything depends upon Him, not you. God will use you, and He has written your story. Why are you afraid? He has prepared great things for you, so don’t believe people even when they say otherwise. Don’t doubt your Father just because you don’t see the future yet. Trust Him instead because He knows better than the rest of us will." -(August 18, 2012)

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335"No relationship is perfect, ever. 
There are always some ways you have to bend, 
to compromise, to give something up 
in order to gain something greater. 
The love we have for each other is bigger 
than these small differences. 
And that’s the key. It’s like a big pie chart, 
and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece.
 Love can make up for a lot." -

Sarah Dessen

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783"You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don’t know it, all of that doesn’t even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away. It’s not like you have forever, so don’t waste any of your seconds, don’t throw even one of your moments away." -C. JoyBell C. (via traceyhamilton)

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87"When we stop fighting with ourselves, we aren’t creating anymore conflict in our mind. Then our mind can for the first time relax and be still. Then for the first time our consciousness can become whole and unfragmented. Then total attention can be given to all of our thoughts and feelings. And then there will be found a gentleness and a goodness in us that can embrace all that is been given in the world. Then a deep love for everything will be the result of this deep attention. For this total attention, this soft and pure consciousness that we are, is nothing but Love itself." -J. Krishnamurti  (via brain-forest)

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551"

There is a notable difference between being alone and being lonely that is too often overlooked in our fast-paced, well-connected, western world. Being alone does not always correspond to being lonely, just like having company doesn’t always correspond to being happy and fulfilled. The very same activities that we participate in solo and are often perceived by the outside world as “depressing” can also turn out to be some of the most self-fulfilling and meaningful experiences we have. For, who better to share a good time with than ourselves?

Own the uncomfortable in-between where you experience the mélange of weird and wild. Play around in the lingering space that the world calls “loneliness.” Dance in your thoughts and make sure they don’t get too boring. Feel out the difference between your mind and everyone else’s and appreciate your inner-monologue as your longest standing friend.

Be alone, my dears. But never, ever, for as long as you live, be lonely.

" -Kirsten Chen, A Guide Being Alone Without Being Lonely (via bowsandhearts)

(via eletheowl)

45"

I write about the things that trouble me. I write about the things that disturb me, the things that won’t let me alone, the things that are eating slowly into my brain at three in the morning, the things that unbalance my world. Sometimes these are things I’ve said or done; sometimes they’re things I’ve heard about or seen. Sometimes they’re only sentences, sometimes scenes, sometimes complete narratives. I carry these things around inside my head until I’m compelled to write them down to get rid of them. I sit down and begin.

I know where I’m going: I’m going toward that troubling moment, the unforgivable statement, the irreversible act that has been gnawing at me. That’s what’s coming at the end of the story, and my task it to write my way to that moment in a way that it explains it completely to me. If I can set down these moments and make them whole within a context that explains the scene and characters whose behavior I can forgive, then the moments become comprehensible to me. When I understand them, they lose their power to disturb. Then the anxieties subside and let me sleep. I really write to free myself.

" -Roxana Robinson, “Writers [on Writing]” Collected Essays from THE NEW YORK TIMES (2001)

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254"Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work." -Adrienne Rich (via lajoiedespetiteschoses)

(via dreamsinthyme)

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10197"Many people still confuse ‘attachment’ with ‘love.’ Attachments are about fear and dependency, and have more to do with love of self than love of another. Love without attachment is the purest love because it isn’t about what others can give you, because you’re empty. It’s about what you can give others—because you’re already full." -Yasmin Mogahed (via nirvikalpa)

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