#searching

People wasted so much time seeking out the love of their lives in the shape of a partner, when the truth was that for most the real loves of their lives were their children - and everyone else was dispensable. ↗

— Anna McPartlin

#love #searching #love

I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there. ↗

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#searching #travel #travel

I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#self-destruction #self-mutilation #truth #wisdom #destruction

I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself. ↗

— Rabih Alameddine

#escape #searching #self-discovery #self-discovery

The only one that believes in you, is you. Don't lean on how others see you to find belief in yourself. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#confidence #inner-searching #self-esteem #self-belief

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#back #chilly #crammed #drawer #falls

Oh, Spring! I want to go out and feel you and get inspiration. My old things seem dead. I want fresh contacts, more vital searching. ↗

— Emily Carr

#dead #feel #fresh #get #go

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music. ↗

— Elvis Costello

#bit #cases #country #country music #curiosity

If you search and search and stop searching, then ultimately you'll find what you need. It is the experience of living. ↗

— Marion Cotillard

#find #living #need #search #searching

You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days. ↗

— Beth Gibbons

#another #come #days #especially #every