#feelings

It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#freedom #summer #freedom

As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and realize that, if we were not, we would be God. The art of gentleness toward ourselves leads to being gentle with others -- and is a natural prerequisite for our presence to God in prayer. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#faith #feelings #gentleness #impostor #prayer

Meeting a stranger can be totally fleeting and meaningless, for example, unless you enter the individual’s world by finding out at least one thing that is meaningful to his or her life and exchange at lest one genuine feeling. Tuning in to others is a circular flow: you send yourself out toward people; you receive them as they respond to you. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#friendship #strangers #wisdom #friendship

That really pissed me off, because I am worth it, goddamn it!” “I know you—” “Still talking here! ↗

— Robin L. Rotham

#hurt-feelings #lovers #makeup #humor

Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#feelings #reality #imagination

My feelings can perhaps be imagined, but they can hardly be described. ↗

— Yann Martel

#imagination

My survival was up to me. I had nothing and I had no one. What I did have, I told myself, was my mind, my imagination, my memory, my feelings, my spirit. These were important and powerful things. ↗

— John Marsden

#imagination #memory #mind #power #spirit

I'm too intense. I feel too much. And when I experience certain sensations, I act. Even if the situation is one I should probably walk away from. But you know what?" She was feeling a little better. "I'm never going to walk away, not from any of it. I can't. I am what I am. I'm intense, just as my fiance said. I feel everything around me, and I'm glad about that. I can't imagine life without the depth, without the magic that accompanies the pain. ↗

— Tara Taylor Quinn

#feelings #experience

I feel like I've swallowed a cloudy sky ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#creative #feeling #feelings #haruki-murakami #inspirational

I know I’m not supposed to say this, but I love you. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#feelings #love #sydney-sage #love