#ear

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man. ↗

#name-of-the-wind #patrick-rothfuss #wisdom #anger

To douchebags!" he said, gesturing to Brad. "And to girls that break your heart," he bowed his head to me. His eyes lost focus. "And to the absolute fucking horror of losing your best friend because you were stupid enough to fall in love with her. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#heartbreak #love #beauty

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#wonder #young-at-heart #youth #youthfulness #beauty

His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him. In seventeen years no one has said my name like that ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#compassion #heartwarming #love #pg- #beauty

Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You'll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing... ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love #mourning #change

You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#communication #heartwarming #human-connections #human-nature #humanism

Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#bravery #courage #fear #fears #inspirational

I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#learn

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option. ↗

— Mark Twain

#heartbreak

I've learned that I'm most powerful when I'm doing my art. ↗