#ife

Despite having known him for almost a year, there were a lot of things I still didn't know about Zachary Goode. Like how soap and shampoo could smell so much better on him than anyone else. Like where he went when he wasn't mysteriously showing up at random (and frequently dangerous) points in my life. And, most of all, I didn't know how, when he mentioned the jacket, he made me think about the sweet, romantic part of the night last November when he'd given it to me, and not the terrible, bloody, international-terrorists-are-trying-to-kidnap-me part that came right after ↗

— Ally Carter

#only-the-good-spy-young #romance #life

The idea of my future simultaneously thrilled and terrified me, like standing at the lip of a very sheer cliff- I could fly, or fall. I didn't know how to fly, and I didn't want to fall. So I backed away from the cliff and went in search of something that had a clear, solid trajectory for me to follow, like hopscotch. ↗

— Marya Hornbacher

#life

Sin sorpresas, aunque sean disagredables, nadie estaria dispuesto a vivir. ↗

— David Olguin

#philosophy #surprises #life

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#wisdom #life

It’s what you do in your free time that will set you free—or enslave you.
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— Jarod Kintz

#desire #diligence #enslave #free #free-time

The world gives us PLENTY of opportunities to strengthen our patience. While this truth can definitely be challenging, this is a good thing. Patience is a key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life. It is through a cultivation of patience that we become better parents, powerful teachers, great businessmen, good friends, and a live a happier life. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#fulfillment #masters #parents #patience #teachers

Most of us won't see one another after graduation, and even if we do it will be different. We'll be different. We'll be adults--cured, tagged and labeled and paired and identified and placed neatly on our life path, perfectly round marbles set to roll down even, well-defined slopes. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#life #life

Love expands your soul with something inexplicably fulfilling. If you die without ever having experienced it, you will miss life's only true joy ↗

— Adele Ashworth

#love #romance #life

if i'm going to fuck up my life, does it really matter which way i do it?. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #salem-falls #life

I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand. ↗

— Craig Silvey

#jasper-jones #knowledge #life #understanding #life