#ps

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular. ↗

— Lisa Lutz

#change #philosophy #psychology #truth #wisdom

Sometimes, if you want to change a man's mind, you have to change the mind of the man next to him first. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

#influence #psychology #change

But if you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#impressed #pigeons #self-absorption #student #synapses

We sometimes choose the most locked up, dark versions of the story, but what a good friend does is turn on the lights, open the window, and remind us that there are a whole lot of ways to tell the same story. ↗

— Shauna Niequist

#friendships #life #perspective #story #change

I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. ↗

— Byron Katie

#psychology #change

We are the sum of all people we have ever met; you change the tribe and the tribe changes you. ↗

— Dirk Wittenborn

#philosophy #relationships #change

Sometimes you met someone that changed the pattern, who wormed their way past the cracks in your heart, caulked them up, sealed themselves in, and stayed there. Sometimes they did it by insisting you meet them at every step, as Jamie had done to me. ↗

— Diana Peterfreund

#change

I wonder if it is possible to have two boyfriends. I mean, times are changing. Relationships are more complicated. In France men always have mistresses and wives and so on. Henri probably has two girlfriends. He would laugh if you told him you just had one. He would say, 'C'est tres, tres tragique.' ↗

— Louise Rennison

#relationships #change

I care," he said in a trembling voice. "I care so much that I do not know how to tell you without it seeming inconsequential compared to how I feel. Even if I am distant at times and seem as if I do not want to be with you, it is only because this scares me, too. ↗

— Aimee Carter

#hades #henry #love #relationships #love

So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#inspirational #life #love #relationships #change