December 2008
73 posts
something about love.
skysignal:
havent-got-a-prayer:
Love is not that perfect little thing in movies and books, all wrapped up in it’s pretty package and holiday paper. No, love is scarred. Love is terrifying. Love rises and falls, leaving it’s survivors to cower in the wake. Love comes with chains and rejoicing. Love is flawed and perfect. It comes when we are not expecting it, and hides behind dumpsters...
“DO YOU KNOW someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet...”
– From an essay everyone should read about introverts. If more did read it, maybe some people who quit bothering me all the damn time. (via ajbohac) (via somethingmeaningful)
“The two of you… there’s something uncanny about the way you are with each other....”
– (via littlemiss)
“You’re letting her think she has a chance. And there is nothing worse in the...”
– this is my heart. it is a good heart. (via extentialism-atmidnight)
“So fail. Be bad at things. Be embarrassed. Be afraid. Be vulnerable. Go out on a...”
– mackenzie (via extentialism-atmidnight)
“You’ve got to own your own days and name them, each one of them, every one of...”
– Herb Gardner (via outofthedark:snowblind) (via trappedintime) (via anotherandomspaceontheinterweb) (via frannyandzooey) (via breathsoftruth) (via finallyseeing)
“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m...”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer (via ebb-andflow) (via srsly) (via bon-bon) (via finallyseeing) (via yoursummerheart)
“Maybe the more emotions a person experiences in their daily lives, the longer...”
– Douglas Coupland - Life After God (pg. 334 ) (via somethingmeaningful)
“He said our curse as humans is that we are trapped in time- our curse is that we...”
– Douglas Coupland - Life After God (pg. 223)
Can’t remember if I posted this already- but it’s still a good one.
(via somethingmeaningful)
beautiful and forgotten.
skysignal:
havent-got-a-prayer:
Do you ever wake from a dream and wish you hadn’t? It had been such a nice scene, and then your eyes were open and your mind was pulled out of sleeping bliss. Perhaps you were in love, leaning in for that sensual touch or a beautiful kiss. Maybe your heart was pounding with the thrill of the chase, and the adventure was ended all too soon. Perhaps you even...
“Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (via dominilucy) (via skysignal)
skysignal
“cute enough to make you look twice, sweet enough but not always nice, a little...”
– unknown
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter.”
– Martin Luther King
“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become...”
– Ingrid Bergman (via whokilled) (via skysignal)
“She smiles through the pain because she knows, even though she’s breaking...”
– Unknown (via overflowing) (via lovebot) (via umbrellaboat) (via skysignal)
“You are responsible for your own actions. Whether you shine or not is entirely...”
– (via: I wrote this for you) (via skysignal)
“When it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it’s really...”
– Randy Paush (via overflowing) (via catskills) (via bon-bon) (via expectoomuch) (via somethingmeaningful)
“When it comes to relationships, people are always so scared of the what-ifs that...”
– (via littlemiss)
“We cling to music, to poems, to quotes, to writing, to art, because we...”
– (via littlemiss)
“Jealousy is nothing more than a lack of self confidence.”
– (via littlemiss)
“Life has no limitations.. except for the ones you make.”
– (via littlemiss)
“Some things you don’t know you miss until, out of nowhere, you have them back,...”
– Jerry Stahl, Perv—A Love Story (via nightmarebrunette)
this was waking up this morning
(via sleepanddream)
(via finallyseeing)
“So fail. Be bad at things. Be embarrassed. Be afraid. Be vulnerable. Go out on a...”
– (via littlemiss) (via onehandclap)
"Don't say you love somebody and then change your...
skysignal:
shegoesbam:
align:(via closertotheocean)
Explain to me how it is, that a 9-year-old is smarter than you are?
“Write or Die is a web application that encourages writing by punishing the...”
– Consequences:
Gentle Mode: A certain amount of time after you stop writing, a box will pop up, gently reminding you to continue writing.
Normal Mode: If you persistently avoid writing, you will be played a most unpleasant sound. The sound will stop if and only if you continue to write.
...
“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say ‘infinitely’ when you mean...”
– C.S. Lewis (via inyourcar) (via sunlit-skies) (via deadshot) (via commacommachameleon) (via amandoline) (via unicornology) (via tarts)
“Writing is a form of therapy. Sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write,...”
– Graham Greene (via psychotherapy) (via sunlit-skies) (via srsly) (via tarts)
12.02.08
boringpopsong:
One day you’re going to want that girl. The girl that knew she wasn’t perfect but tried to be perfect for you. The girl that believed the scraps of you she was given were worth it because something was better than nothing. The girl who wanted nothing more than to be there for you, and loving you was the only way she could. The girl who sees your flaws, but values them as much as...
“It’s funny how quickly your plans change from ‘changing the world and chasing...”
– one sentence (via samsally) (via unicornology)
Unusual (and fun!) Date Ideas
littlemiss:
marjchun:
unicornology:
beboo:
deadshot:
Go on a search for as many good climbing trees as possible, climb as high as you both can in all of them, compile photo evidence
Go to a major chain bookstore, and leave notes to future readers in copies of your favorite books
Have her dress up as a ghost and you dress uup us Pacman. Walk around downtown holding hands, and whenever...
“Just remember, the same as a spectacular Vogue magazine, remember that no matter...”