#den

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#pretend #being

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#think

Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#self-disclosure #person

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#honesty #remember

I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself. ↗

— Madonna

#self-acceptance #self-confidence #laugh

It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#fun

Dream Song of Thunders: Sometimes I go about pitying Myself, While I am carried by the wind Across the sky. ↗

— Frances Densmore

#irony #old-songs #transcendence #wind #dreams

I was trying to feel some kind of good-bye. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-bye or a bad good-bye, but when I leave a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t you feel even worse. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#holden #sad

I said uselessly, "Sam, don't go." Sam cupped my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes. His eyes were yellow, sad, wolf, mine. "These stay the same. Remember that when you look at me. Remember it's me. Please. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#parting #sadness #separation #wolf #remember

Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #stupidity #different