#si

The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation. ↗

— Jonathan Larson

#life

This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

#life

I wish I could turn back time, but I can't. I made a stupid decision because I thought I was invincible, and I'll pay for it the rest of my life. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#life

I'm not so stupid as to believe that you've completely forgotten about your former boyfriend. I know you think there are others here more suited for me and this life, and I wouldn't want you to rush into trying to be happy with any of this. I just...I just want to know if it's possible... ↗

— Kiera Cass

#love #possibilities #life

The things other people have put into my head, at any rate, do not fit together nicely, are often useless and ugly, are out of proportion with one another, are out of proportion with life as it really is outside my head. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#reality #thoughts #life

It's hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitable take their place; that every place has something good - and bad - to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#growing-up #hard-times #kids #life-lessons #logan-thibault

Miss someone until they come back, or until you come back, until their absence in your life becomes something to be avoided at all costs. Miss them until you don’t have to anymore, until you’re reunited in your favorite booth in your favorite restaurant ordering your favorite meal, miss them until it feels like you never left. Or miss them until you can’t anymore, until the things you miss are identified and cataloged as things and not a person, until you figure out that easy company and long talks and unblinking, all-knowing eye contact will find you again the way they found you the first time. Miss someone until you don’t. ↗

— Stephanie Georgopulus

#sad #life

Yes. Da, I corrected. "Say it again." "What?" His voice grew husky as he repeated his request. "Say yes - in Russian - again." I blushed. "Da", I whispered. "Will you teach me more Russian, Pietr?" "Mm, only the important words," he promised. I bit back my request for the three most important words to me. "What words would you teach me?" "Pocelujte menyah." "What's that mean?" He groaned. "Repeat it tonight and perhaps I will show you. ↗

— Shannon Delany

#pietr #life

Ik ben niet bevreesd, noch voor de ouderdom noch voor de dood, maar berusting is me schrikbeeld. Nooit zou ik aan de oevers waar braafheid en gezapigheid wonen, willen aanleggen. Ik ben nu vijfentachtig, ik schrijf nog steeds en ik zou nog tot liefhebben in staat zijn. ↗

— Claire Goll

#ageing #claire-goll #love #old #passion

I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331). ↗

— Richard Paul Evans

#life #self #want #life