#coming

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

When you have a very hot single there is no reason why it can't drive album sales. People fall off and come back on. I'm looking forward to coming back on with a vengeance. ↗

— Justin Guarini

#back #come #coming #drive #fall

I'll be here when you get back. ↗

— Ally Carter

#family #loyalty #waiting #family

Emotions are messy. ↗

— Ottilie Weber

#emotions #messy #family

This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#fast lane #lane #life #oncoming #traffic

In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director who's never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you don't look at war as a geopolitical endeavor. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#been #being #biggest #combat #coming

Saw a little girl touch a big bug and shout, "I conquered my fear! YES!" and calmly walk away. I was inspired. ↗

— Nathan Fillion

#fear #inspiration #overcoming-fear #youth #inspirational

Every time I think about that girl, my mind commits a sin. ↗

— Jake Vander Ark

#coming-of-age #perfection #puppy-love #age

It seems like our town has closed down these days leading up to the funeral. Old people still sit on their porches and talk, but their conversations aren't sprinkled with laughter anymore. Since the new, little kids haven't played outside, as if their moms are afraid someone might snatch them out of their yards and send them off to war. ↗

— Kimberly Willis Holt

#death #friendship #vietnam-war #age

The most vibrant of flowers often come from the filthiest of soils. ↗

— Zack W. Van

#overcoming-adversity #zack-w-van #inspirational