#ay

Peace is something like happiness; you cannot say "I will be happy when..." and you can't say "I will be peaceful when..." Your happiness shouldn't depend on the situation you're in nor on the circumstances that surround you. In the same breath, you cannot wait for everything around you to become peaceful in order for you to say "I am peaceful." In both happiness and peace, there is a heart of strength, determination and steadfastness; a heart that has the power to make things happen. You have to be at peace. You have to be happy. Now. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-life #inspirational-quotes #peace #the-way-of-happiness #the-way-of-peace

I’m Hana,” Hana says. “And this is Lena.” She jabs me with an elbow. I know I must look like a fish, standing there with my mouth gaping open, but I’m too outraged to speak. He’s lying. I know he’s the one I saw yesterday, would bet my life on it. “Alex. Nice to meet you.” Alex keeps his eyes on me as he and Hana shake hands. Then he extends a hand to me. “Lena,” he says thoughtfully. “I’ve never heard that name before. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#hana #lena-holoway #life

My waking life probably gave my subconscious an inferiority complex. ↗

— Jordan Castillo Price

#jordan-castillo-price #m-m-paranormal #victor-bayne #life

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. ↗

— Stephen Vincent Benet

#dragging #dying #life #lost #minute

The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend. ↗

— Heather Brewer

#emotion

I'm the one who will never let you die. And that's more, Ms. Lane, than anyone in your life has ever been able to say to you. ↗

— jericho barrons

#fever-series #mac #mackayla-lane #life

Oh, come with old Khayyàm, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown forever dies. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#rubiayat #wisdom #life

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me ↗

— Walt Whitman

#life

Writing itself is a dream. There are days of self doubt and deadlines and wondering how you're going to pay the bills until you write that bestseller. But it's still the best job I've ever had. I've also been able to help a lot of people and even inspire a few and that feels great. ↗

— Graham Brown

#also #been #best #bestseller #bills

The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies. ↗

— William Faulkner

#life #sunsets #tea #life