tell me your secrets: Until that moment, I had always thought that the earth on which I...

aeloquence:

Until that moment, I had always thought that the earth on which I stood was a solid object that would last for ever…I had simply taken it for granted. But in fact, the earth was nothing but a chunk of rock floating in one little corner of the universe: a temporary foothold in the vast emptiness of…

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neekaisweird: by K a t e

neekaisweird:

by K a t e

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tell me your secrets: No matter how powerful and real your feelings may be for someone, if...

aeloquence:

No matter how powerful and real your feelings may be for someone, if that person cannot fully and honestly return them and therefore actively love you back, these feelings mean nothing. Being lonely … being alone … for many people … sucks. I get it, I get it, I get it. But still I have to say…

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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Oscar Wilde (via aeloquence)
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prettylittlepieces: Newspaper Gift Wrapping

prettylittlepieces:

Newspaper Gift Wrapping

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I wrote on the door of my heart, ‘Please do not enter.’
Love came smiling and said: ‘Sorry I am an illiterate.’
Michael Paul (via aeloquence)
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You may have in a house costly pictures and costly ornaments, and a great variety of decoration; yet, so far as my judgment goes, I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you can give me in the way of decoration which the highest art can supply… In the houses of the humble a little library, in my opinion, is a most precious possession.
John Bright, as cited in The Book-Lover: a guide to the best reading (via bookoasis)
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I feel so sorry for those in my generation who refuse to pick up a book. They are truly missing out on a feeling like no other. I’ve never felt more right with the world than when I read that final word on the last page of a wonderful novel. It’s like coming home from a long trip.

(Source: theixwyn)

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Tell your father he’s a jerk because he is. Tell your mother that you love her because you do. Don’t tell anyone that you love them if it’s not true, if they don’t deserve it. It’s a privilege to be loved by you.
Ryan O’Connell (via creatingaquietmind)
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(Source: meth-induced)

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quote-book:

“My ambition is handicapped by laziness.”

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Charles Bukowski (via imfantasyparade)

and mine by indecision.

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Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
C.G. Jung (via misswallflower)
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