#ling

It wasn't a sign of weakness to tell what happened to me. I feel guilt no longer, only regret. The other emotions are coming around too. How much further do I need to go? I'm not sure, but there is comfort in the fact that I am in the hands of expert guides, both in the doctor's office and at home with Sue. ↗

— Charles L. Bailey Jr.

#guilt #healing #journey #onion #painful

More important...you've assembled a curriculum that works for him. It's his education. I suspect he's more likely to have a real education, an education that sticks, if he's part of shaping it. ↗

— Quinn Cummings

#education

He understood it then. The potential, the utter, unbelievable freedom to be whoever existed underneath his skin. ↗

— Aleksandr Voinov

#incursion #self-awareness #freedom

The pain started years ago, but I'd lived with it for so long at that point that I'd accepted it as an inevitable part of me. ↗

— Ashley D. Wallis

#lost-love #love

You necessarily have to be lost, before you’re found. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#buddhism #dark-night-of-the-soul #enlightenment #love #meditation

A part of her wanted to tell him she still loved him, and that even though this love was hopeless and long over, it still consumed her year after year. It was a tangled hairball of feelings and she couldn't pull forth any one strand. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#feelings #love #tangled #love

I know - I'll play you for it," Alice suggested. "Rock, paper, scissors." Jasper chuckled and Edward sighed. "Why don't you just tell me who wins?" Edward said wryly. Alice beamed. "I do. Excellent. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#edward #furture-telling #humor #humor

I guess the whole world is made up of things coming together and things falling apart, ↗

— Emily Wing Smith

#world #love

Where were all the women gamblers? It wasn't as if being a woman wasn't a huge risk all by itself. Twenty-eight percent of female homocide victims were killed by husbands or lovers. Which, come to think of it, was probably why there weren't any women gamblers. Living with men was enough of a gamble. ↗

— Jennifer Crusie

#gambling #humor

It means that two people start loving each other. I guess because it can feel really sudden and because it's powerful. Like gravity--an unstoppable force. ↗

— Heather Anastasiu

#fall-in-love #falling-in-love #in-love #love #love