Listen To Me. I’m Shy. I’m Not Stupid. I Can’t Meet People’s Eyes. I Don’t Know If You Understand

“If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars?”

— Tunisian Proverb

“Don’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you are not taking advantage of it?”

— Ernest Hemingway

Mary Oliver, Invitation

“Two things to remember in life: Take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take care of your words when you are with people.”

— Zig Ziglar

Saw this on reddit.

You are made of all the connections you make in this life - Bojack

“When you love someone, its never over. You move on, because you have to but you take them with you in your heart.”

— Elizabeth Chandler (via quotemadness)

Shit.

“We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It’s our own concept—our own selves—that we love.”

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“Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow - whether there is a market for it or not!”

— Kurt Vonnegut

I believed I was made of stone, not anymore.

“I’m much softer than people think. I don’t present to the world an emotional face. I’m pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.”

— Christopher Lee  

“You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”

— John Green (via quotemadness)