#quit

I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane. ↗

— John Green

#courage

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#julia-romano #love #unrequited #dating

If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#romance #unrequited-love #food

To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves. ↗

— Federico García Lorca

#punishment #unrequited-love #love

I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't matter what the genre; nowadays, it's so much harder than it ever was. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#coming #ever #feel #genre #get

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. ↗

— Scott Adams

#inspires #like #nothing #quite #revenge

When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it's so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#because #contrary #doing #entertain #feel

Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#down #insides #matter #quite #racism

I'm not a quitter. ↗

— Todd Akin

#quitter

And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#elusive #i #know #mean #never