I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.
From “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” - Wallace Stevens (via wingedescape)

(via quote-book)


A human being is a being who is constantly ‘under construction,’ but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.

May there be kindness in your gaze when you look within.
John O’Donohue (via nirvikalpa)

(via symbiosis)


I missed him. Love, I realized, was something your spine memorized. There was nothing you could do about that.
Lorrie Morre, Anagrams (via helplesslyamazed)

Word of advice: wear what you want… just learn how to run real fast.
Marc, Ugly Betty (via notgivingupjustyet)

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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
Henri J.M. Nouwen (via kari-shma)

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That’s who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.
John Green (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y)

(via 14500-midi-chlorians)


A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
Kurt Vonnegut (via girlwithoutwings)