#ice

In the space between yes and no, there's a lifetime. It's the difference between the path you walk and the one you leave behind; it's the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; its the legroom for the lies you'll tell yourself in the future. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#change

Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone. ↗

— Zayn Malik

#inspirational #life #love #one-direction #quote

Changing is what people do when they have no options left. ↗

— Holly Black

#choices #inevitable #life #change

It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about. ↗

— Shauna Niequist

#goals #life #sacrifice #change

Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author’s words reverberating in your head. ↗

— Paul Auster

#choice #comfort #comsolation #escape #pleasure

I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it. ↗

— Anne Rice

#anne-rice #lestat-de-lioncourt #queen-of-the-damned #beauty

DANTE: And what if you found out you were right? What if it meant that I could hurt you? RENEE: I would not say that I'm not scared. Everyone has the ability to hurt. It's the choice that matters. ↗

— Yvonne Wood

#dante #hurt #renee #beauty

It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that will lower the costs of their prescription drugs and strengthen the overall integrity of the Medicare entitlement. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

#clarity #costs #entitlement #informing #integrity

Her father sat her down and spoke to her with great seriousness. "You are not a witch, Katerina. There is magic in the world, and some of it is wholesome, and some of it is not, but it is a thing that is in the blood, and it is not in yours. "The foolish will always treat you badly, because they think you are not beautiful," he said, and she knew this was true. Plain Kate. She was a plain as a stick and thin as a stick and flat as a stick. Her nose was too long and her brows too strong. Her father kissed her twice, once above each brow. "We cannot help what fools think. But understand, it is your skill with a blade that draws this talk. If you want to give up your carving, you have my blessing." "I will never give it up," she answered. ↗

— Erin Bow

#appearence #daughter #determination #father #looks

There is no good singing, there is only present and absent. ↗

— Jeff Buckley

#music #presence #voice #music