#tru

Possibilities ...in the closet ...itching ...to break out ...but afraid of ...the fallout ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#real-life-struggle #sex #life

Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he's been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that... But the second kind, they show you life more like it is... The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#lies #life #matt #mattie #stories

DESTINY (Determined Effort So Tanacious It Negates Yuck) ↗

— Frank Chase Jr.

#healing #journey #life #manhood #masculinity

There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out. ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#resilience #ruins #truth #life

A man spends his whole life trying to prove his worth to others. A woman spends her life trying to prove her worth to herself. ↗

— Tawni O'Dell

#life

When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use. ↗

— Helen Keller

#life

I'll Stay ...leave ...me. ...I'll ...follow ...you. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#real-life-struggle #sex #life

Once you gave a thing a name, you gave it life. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#life

After all that I'd been through, after all that I'd learned and all that I'd been given, I was going to do what I had been doing every day for the last few years now: just show up and do teh best that I could do with whatever lay in front of me. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#inspirational-life #life #moving-forward #strength #struggle

Fake sUCKs! ↗

— Toba Beta

#imitation #life #real #truth #life