#being

Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#sad

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#being

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#being

We know what we are, but not what we may be. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#identity #possibilities #being

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#being #being overwhelmed #frightened #had #high

Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#pain #being

When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#mind #being

Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not something wrong, as the case may be." He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#being

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else. ↗

— Judy Garland

#greatness #individuality #being

He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#being