January 2009
122 posts
Don’t be afraid of death, be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live...
– Tuck Everlasting (via littlemiss)
Most people don’t know who they are. That’s why they lie. They’re afraid someone...
– One Tree Hill (via littlemiss)
Look, on the contrary to what might be written on your wall, people don’t always...
– Lucas Scott
First of all, you don’t know me. Second of all, you don’t know me.
– P Sawyer
I want to draw something that means something to someone. You know, I want to...
– P Sawyer
We’re always waiting for our lives to begin, like, figuring we’ll be...
– Mouth, One Tree Hill
But we go days without having a meaningful conversation, and I used to miss you...
– Brooke Davis
You can walk away from pain.
– P Sawyer.
I’m not pushing you away, Lucas. In fact, I’m holding on for dear...
– Brooke Davis.
There is something vaguely embarrassing—even narcissistic—about our new era of...
– Farhad Manjoo on Slate, regarding “Put the camera down and enjoy a moment for once.” (via soupsoup) (via buyhercandy) (via okayjokesover) (via unicornology)
If you’re convinced that you’re not good enough, you’ll have a hard time letting...
– (via littlemiss)
Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Rules for Writing Fiction.
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Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.
Start as close to the end as...
I never used to be able to understand how someone could be afraid to show...
– (via littlemiss)
If one day, we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say what we...
– (via littlemiss)
Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All the people of the world. I mean...
– (via littlemiss)
Every day you wait is one day you’ll never get back.
– One Tree Hill (via littlemiss)
I wish you were here. But you’re not, you’re there. And there doesn’t know how...
– (via littlemiss) (via pieces) (via breathsoftruth) (via finallyseeing)
If you hold back feelings because you’re afraid of getting hurt, you end up...
– (via littlemiss)
Hold my hand and have a real conversation with me. Tell me something you trust...
– (via littlemiss)
It’s those moments when you drive around in a car full of people you love around...
– (via littlemiss)
It’s not about what happened in the past, or what you think might happen in the...
– Along Came Polly (via littlemiss)
If there’s just one piece of advice i can give you, it’s this - when there’s...
– (via littlemiss)
Smile. Let everyone know that today you’re a lot stronger than you were...
– (via littlemiss)
If you ever feel loved or needed, remember that you’re one of the lucky ones.
– Straylight Run (via wolvesatnight) (via finallyseeing)
I always felt that nobody was going to understand me, going to understand what I...
– Truman Capote (via sandysays) (via sundaymorning) (via babydeer) (via bravery) (via kindteeth) (via wedancedtogether) (via unicornology)
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t...
– Louise Erdrich (The Painted Drum: A Novel) (via thresca) (via ataraxic) (via skysignal)
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When I’ve politely turned down proposals for romantic relationships from well-meaning young men in the past, they were also very likely to halt the subscription to the friendship that they had spent the past few months carefully cultivating with me. This is frustrating and asinine at minimum, and incredibly unsettling and upsetting at most. This is why my mother yelled “STOP...
You’ll never find the right person, if you never let go of the wrong one.
– (via littlemiss)
It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
– Henry James (via littlemiss) (via havearide) (via unicornology)
advice I would give to my high school children if...
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28 pieces of advice I would give to my high school children if I had any.
Your music sucks. You don’t know it yet, but trust me on this one. You will think it’s awesome for years because of the emotional peaks and valleys you associate it with, but one day you will realize that all you’re is feeling nostalgia for hormones. Listen to every...
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...
– Dr. Seuss (via littlemiss)
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
– Audrey Hepburn (via littlemiss)
Everything I’ve ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
– chet atkins :realrealsoft:expectoomuch (via lalanii) (via breathsoftruth) (via finallyseeing)
When I let my mind wander, it always leads back to you.
– (via littlemiss)
Who doesn’t long for someone to hold who knows how to love you without being...
– Natasha Bedingfield, Soulmate (via overflowing) (via lovebot) (via skysignal)
You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, even months over analyzing a...
– Tupac (via aspen) (via yoursummerheart)