#coming

Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up." - The Cheshire Cat. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#books #coming-of-age #lewis-carroll #age

We all deserve the love we think we deserve. ↗

— Chbosky

#coming-of-age #love #the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower #age

Outing someone is like ripping a butterfly from its cocoon. You can damage them for life and rob them of THEIR life changing experience of liberation. For a successful emergence THEY have to struggle through the cocoon of fear and shame. THEN they can fly. ↗

— Anthony Venn-Brown

#coming-out-of-the-closet #coming-out-stories #change

It is essential for people to trust - even through long periods when dreams may appear to have been deferred, delayed, and overshadowed - that there comes a time when an unwavering will, a strong belief, and endless prayers bring great visions to realization. ↗

— Attallah Shabazz

#willpower #dreams

We are the same, you and I. Whether samurai or night-hawk, the Suruga Dainagon or member of the Toudouza, it makes no difference. My sword is the proof.... ↗

— Takayuki Yamaguchi

#equality #overcoming-obstacles #status #equality

People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

#english #i #know #like #maybe

Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure. ↗

— Petrarch

#curiosity #departure #follow #i #into

My wife and I met when each of us was dragged to a party we didn't want to go to by friends. I was coming off a bad injury, but my roommate insisted I get out of the house and be around people. God love our friends; we've been together 20 years now! ↗

— Michael Chiklis

#bad #been #coming #dragged #each

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got. ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#after #becoming #best #completely #death

At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#artist #becoming #could #i #rebirth