#ship

I want to create a seventeen-syllable word that encompasses the human condition, and then use that word to form the world’s most perfect haiku. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humanity #life #perfection #poetry #relationships

Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#memory #relationships #life

Someone real," I hear myself saying. "Someone who never has to pretend, and who I never have to pretend around. Someone who's smart, but knows how to laugh at himself. Someone who would listen to a symphony and start to cry, because he understands music can be too big for words. Someone who knows me better than I know myself. Someone I want to talk to first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Someone I feel like I've known my whole life, even if I haven't. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#relationships #life

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

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But it is impossible to go through life without trust; that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. ↗

— Graham Greene

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It's just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn't it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal. ↗

— John Grogan

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Be sure it's your real self you're showing. Because it is your real self that needs to be loved. ↗

— Daphne Rose Kingma

#life

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself. ↗

— Diane von Furstenberg

#relationships #life

my only complaints are two: that I didn't make myself ready for you sooner in life, that I can't give you better, Love you more. ↗

— Jan Beatty

#life

You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give up. She leaned her head back on the velvet cushions of the swing and said, 'Boq, you know despite myself I think you're a little sweet. You're a little sweet and you're a little charming and you're a little maddening and you're a little habit-forming.' Boq held his breath. But you're little!' she concluded. 'You're a Munchkin, for god's sake!' He kissed her, he kissed her, he kissed her, little by little by little. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#life