#under

I don't want to live my life like a story. Always thinkin I could've been something. Don't run along side and control me. Just film away and let me be. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#control-me #divided #don-t-try-to-control-me #i-could-have-been-something #let-me-be

Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the future with any degree of accuracy is, simultaneously, the thing that saves us and the thing that condemns us. ↗

— James Robertson

#history #insight #life #mankind #past

If you want to be with somebody who gets you, you prefer collusion to desire, safety to excitement (sometimes good things to prefer but not always the things most wanted). The wish to be understood may be our most vengeful demand, may be the way we hang on, as adults, to the grudge against our mothers; the way we never let our mothers of the hook for their not meeting our every need. Wanting to be understood, as adults, can be, among many other things our most violent form of nostalgia. ↗

— Adam Phillips

#nostalgia #understanding #life

It’s better to look at the sky than live there ↗

— Truman Capote

#love

Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are at home. Understanding nourishes belonging. When you really feel understood, you feel free to release yourself into the trust and shelter of the other person's soul. ↗

— John O'Donohue

#understanding #love

There's a place out there for us, more than just a prayer or anything you've ever dreamed of. So when you feel like giving up cause you don't fit in down here, fear is crashing in, close your eyes and take my hand. We can be the kings and queens of anything if we believe. It's written in the stars that shine above, a world where you and I belong, where faith and love will keep us strong, exactly who we are is just enough there's a place for us, there's a place for us. When the water meets the sky, where your heart is free and hope comes back to life, when these broken hands are whole again, we'll find what we've been waiting for, we were made for so much more We can be the kings and queens of anything if we believe. It's written in the stars that shine above, a world where you and I belong, where faith and love will keep us strong, exactly who we are is just enough, there's a place for us, there's a place for us So hold on, hold on, there's a place for us We can be the kings and queens of anything if we believe. It's written in the stars that shine above, a world where you and I belong, where faith and love will keep us strong, exactly who we are is just enough, exactly who we are is just enough, there's a place for us. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#dreams

Let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD. ↗

— Anonymous

#god #justice #know #loving-kindness #righteous

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding. ↗

— Edward Albert

#fear #just #plus #prayers #understanding

My mother looks at me with love and understanding, and I realize: she knows what my father did. She knows what I want. She knows and even though she would not destroy a tissue sample or love someone who is not her Match, she still loves us, even though we have done those things. ↗

— Ally Condie

#understand #love

It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans. ↗

— Marv Albert

#confused #fans #fool #impossible #negativity