Don't you find it odd that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try. —Ethan Hawke in The Hottest State More about this quote Tags: optimism age dreams courage dreaming Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You see, for me, memories are difficult. Very often, they hurt. A curious thing about grief is the way it takes your entire life, all those foundational years that made you who you are, and makes them so painful to look back upon because of the absence there, that suddenly they're inaccessible. —Casey McQuiston in White & Royal Blue More about this quote Tags: pain grief absence memories Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When you don't set up something to look forward to, the little things frequently get to you. —Daniel Chidiac in Who Says You Can't? YOU DO More about this quote Tags: optimism future frustration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: society age women thirty-five Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's not enough to find someone you love. You have to be ready for that love, and ready to make changes to welcome it into your life. —Uzma Jalaluddin in Ayesha at Last More about this quote Tags: love change welcoming Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All movements go too far. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: politics movement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This had always frightened her about marriage: how satisfied married people seemed, how unable they were to ask for more. She couldn't imagine feeling satisfied. —Brit Bennett in The Mothers More about this quote Tags: fear satisfaction marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. —Walter Bagehot More about this quote Tags: doing accomplishment people pleasure Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. —Marcus Bridgstocke More about this quote Tags: music kids impressionable electronics videogames Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good. —John Corey Whaley in Where Things Come Back More about this quote Tags: pessimism good possibility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Low self-esteem is the belief that we are not good or worthy enough. It's a self-perception. You can be wealthy, beautiful, or well-liked by others and still don't feel good about yourself. The way other people perceive you doesn't affect your self-esteem. It's how you perceive yourself that matters. —Yong Kang Chan in Empty Your Cup More about this quote Tags: beauty enough perception self-esteem belief wealth worth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Maybe if you thought about them, people never really disappeared. It sounded so corny, but there was a scientific explanation for it, too. If you believed that thoughts were energy and energy is matter and matter never disappears, then a person can never truly leave you unless you stop thinking about them. Everything you shared with a person is still there swirling around in the universe. —Wendy Wunder in The Probability of Miracles More about this quote Tags: people thoughts loss energy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In that moment I understood what they say about nostalgia, that no matter if you're thinking of something good or bad, it always leaves you a little emptier afterward. —John Corey Whaley in Noggin More about this quote Tags: past thinking nostalgia reflection Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life makes fools of all of us sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to take your humiliations with some measure of grace. —Paul Murray in Skippy Dies More about this quote Tags: life humor humility fools grace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. —Louise Erdrich in The Painted Drum More about this quote Tags: solitude love life risk vulnerability heartbreak yearning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email