#pa

In the West we cling to the past like limpets. In Haiti the present is the axis of all life. As in Africa, past and future are but distant measures of the present, and memories are as meaningless as promises. ↗

— Wade Davis

#memories #past #present #promises #west

You can have all the sympathy in the world," she said, "just don't feel like you have to wrap your life around it. ↗

— Judy Reene Singer

#sympathy #life

La vida tiene varias dimensiones pero estamos condenados a elegir e ignorar las demás. Estamos condenados a sentir que, por bien que estemos, nuestra elección fue incorrecta. Estamos condenados a vivir con alguien mientras deseamos día tras día a otros. Estamos condenados a mentir, a dar besos fríos, a seguir dando golpes en la oscuridad fingiendo una pasión que se fue hace años. ¿Por qué lo hacemos? El miedo a aceptar el fracaso podría ser una de las razones. ↗

— Efraim Medina Reyes

#deseo #fracaso #life #pasión #passion

The past is what you take with you. ↗

— Kate Atkinson

#past #life

I don't have any babies or ambition. I have it all! ↗

— Nan Little

#humor #parenthood #work-life-balance #life

They didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love #nicholas-sparks #romance #the-notebook #love

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#separation #love

Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#love #passion #love

Underwear makes me uncomfortable and besides my parts have to breathe. ↗

— Jean Harlow

#breathe #makes #me #parts #uncomfortable

Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart. ↗