#dreams

What can I give you, Aislinn? Shall I weave flowers into your hair?" He opened his hand, letting go of her hair. An iris blossom sat in the palm of his hand. "Shall I bring you necklaces of gold? Delicacies mortals can only dream of? I'll do all those things anyway. Don't waste your wish. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#dreams

Actually, however, life begins less by reaching upward, than by turning upon itself. But what a marvelously insidious, subtle image of life a coiling vital principle would be! And how many dreams the leftward oriented shell, or one that did not conform to the rotation of its species, would inspire! ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#shells #spirals #dreams

Often what keeps us stuck and continually doing penance is the very feeling that we must pay for lack of action. We become caught in a circle of blame, condemn ourselves, feel hopeless, and feed the fire—or slow burn—by reciting like a mantra our history of inertia and self-judged wrong choices. Well, let's break that dead-end cycle of waste and regret. ↗

— Noelle Sterne

#forgiveness-quotes #inspirational-success-failure #self-help-book #success #dreams

Five Truths About Your Inner Voice: 1. It is here, always available, wherever you are, however you feel, whatever you have done. 2. It is solely on your side. 3. It knows what's absolutely right for you. 4. It is your friend, your ally, your guide, your ultimate supporter. 5. It is always with you and for you. Whenever you're feeling perplexed, uneasy, anxious, mad, frustrated, sick, or any other other way you don't want to feel, ask your Inner Voice. Listen. ↗

— Noelle Sterne

#inspirational #self-aware #self-awareness-honesty-self #self-improvement #dreams

Live in hope. Because things do happen. Things do change. Worry really is futile. Don't fear the future. Dreams do come true. ↗

— Miranda Hart

#future #inspirational #change

For even in dreams a good deed is not lost. ↗

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

#dreams #even #good #good deed #lost

Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#fact #only #pigmentation

I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up. ↗