secrets and goodbyes

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gildings: . by Rachel Dowda on Flickr.

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gildings:

. by Rachel Dowda on Flickr.

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slowdownscout: "Things Fall Apart", Chinua Achebe (x) There...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:54:52 -0400

slowdownscout:

"Things Fall Apart", Chinua Achebe (x)
There was a young lad who had been captivated. He did not understand it. It was the poetry, something felt in the marrow. That in darkness and in fear seemed to answer a vague and persistent question that haunted his young soul. He felt a relief within. The words were like the drops of frozen rain melting on the dry, panting earth.

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sometimes I have to remind myself

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:51 -0400

sometimes I have to remind myself

"It’s not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not...."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:03:35 -0400

“It’s not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we’d prefer not to be.”

- Josh Radnor (via 7sunriseoversea)

l-ush: q’d x

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:16:34 -0400

l-ush:

q’d x

"Everything near becomes distant."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:59:33 -0400

“Everything near becomes distant.”

- Goethe (via allmymetaphors)

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:48:28 -0400

"We are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:13:47 -0400

“We are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.”

- Carson McCullers (via desalpes)

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"A lot of people get so hung up on what they can’t have that they don’t think for a second about..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:56:01 -0400

“A lot of people get so hung up on what they can’t have that they don’t think for a second about whether they really want it.”

- Lionel Shriver, Checker and the Derailleurs (via perfect)

"Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest..."

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:29:34 -0400

““Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the strongest, happiest friendship in the person you fall in love with. Someone who speaks highly of you. Someone you can laugh with. The kind of laughs that make your belly ache, and your nose snort. The embarrassing, earnest, healing kind of laughs. Wit is important. Life is too short not to love someone who lets you be a fool with them. Make sure they are somebody who lets you cry, too. Despair will come. Find someone that you want to be there with you through those times. Most importantly, marry the one that makes passion, love, and madness combine and course through you. A love that will never dilute - even when the waters get deep, and dark.””

- (via fashionfever)

I never knew her.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:53:39 -0400

I never knew her.

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:23:47 -0400

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”

- Stephen R. Covey (via arpeggia)

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