#end

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading. ↗

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

#knowing #life #novel #people #worth

Soon madness has worn you down. It’s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no longer know where it ends and you begin. You believe anything it says. You do what it tells you, no matter how extreme or absurd. If it says you’re worthless, you agree. You plead for it to stop. You promise to behave. You are on your knees before it, and it laughs. ↗

— Marya Hornbacher

#eating-disorder #madness #surrender #voice #worthless

It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten. ↗

— Anna Wintour

#fashion #life #quote #quotes #time

my friends don't seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven't lost. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#life #life

I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#ender #life-lessons #life

It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#moving-forward #life

My life sucks when I’m only half-aware of it. If I quit drinking and saw what it’s really like, I’d probably jump off a bridge. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#fallen-angel #life #love #life

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#life

Why does IPCA use them if they’re evil?” he asked, confused. “They aren’t evil. They aren’t even really immoral, per se. They’re amoral. They don’t operate on the same level that we do. For a faerie, the only thing that matters is what they want. That’s their good. Anything else is superfluous. So like how they kidnap people, not a big deal—they want the person, they take him. Or killing someone. If you live forever, how much does one mortal life matter in the scheme of things? When you exist outside time, cutting off the forty years a person has left is a non-issue. They don’t even notice. ↗

— Kiersten White

#faeries #lend #morality #life

Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories. ↗

— Dave Brenner

#laughter #memories #life