#ear

I took a chance, I took a shot And you may think I’m bullet-proof, but I’m not. You took a swing, I took it hard. And down here from the ground I see who you are ↗

— Taylor Swift

#taylor-swift #chance

I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#relationships #relationships

I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year. ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#infidelity #relationships #seasons #summer #relationships

Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us. ↗

— Brian Jacques

#emotion #emotions #flowers #fruit #growing

There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#happiness #sadness #tears #unhappiness #sad

Perhaps this is what the stories meant when they called somebody heartsick. Your heart and your stomach and your whole insides felt empty and hollow and aching. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#broken-hearted #heartbreak #story

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't easy for me to accept this simple truth, because there was a time when our stories were the same, but that was six years and two lifetimes ago. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#nicholas-sparks #story

The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#deeds #feeling #heart #action

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#character #simile #substance #character

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. ↗

— Socrates

#desire #endeavor #gain #good #good reputation