“If the chance ever comes to you to fall in love, grab it, every time. You might always live to regret it, but you won’t find anything to beat it, and you won’t know if it will come to you once more.”

— Joseph Heller, God Knows

“Its all right to love someone that doesn’t love you back, as long as they’re worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.”

Cassandra Clare

“𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒. 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘.”

—Marya Hornbacher, Wasted

"Please tell her, that when the sun goes down I think of her. Please tell her, that I will never forget the sound of her voice calling my name. And please, let her know that she lives in my heart and that everywhere I go, I always see her face."

“I don’t know what I’m like. I get glimpses of myself in other people’s eyes. I try to be careful whom I use as a mirror.”

— Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet via Chatting At The Sky “What Everyone Ought To Know About Self Reflection”

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Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)
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Text ID: “Sometimes,” said Julia, “I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present at all.”

“Be confused, it’s where you begin to learn new things. Be broken, it’s where you begin to heal. Be frustrated, it’s where you start to make more authentic decisions. Be sad, because if we are brave enough we can hear our heart’s wisdom through it. Be whatever you are right now. No more hiding. You are worthy, always.”

S.C. Lourie