I don’t believe in One True Love. I think it’s an agreeable fantasy that sells romance novels, but the real world gives us real people with their good sides and their flaws. One True Love would be someone from the Doll House, someone who is entirely configured to reflect who we are and what we want, including “one true love.” After a while you’d just want to smack them to see if there’s a human being in there.
Also, you know how it is when you’re having a really big day, like a major party, or a wedding, and there’s a lot of excitement, and it’s all good and fun, and by around five you wish you were four so you could just sit down on the ground and cry for an hour? I can’t help but think that’s how my one true love would make me feel–great to a point, and then I’d get tired and fussy and I’d throw up all the candy I’d eaten.
— Tamora Pierce (via annaetc)
The only place opportunity cannot be found is in a closed minded person.
— Bo Bennett (via venuschild)
Why don’t you tell me that “if the girl had been worth having, she’d have waited for you?” No, sir, the girl really worth having won’t wait for anybody.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.
— Eckhart Tolle
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Being tender and open is beautiful. As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. Too sensitive. Too mushy. Too wishy washy. Blah blah. Don’t let someone steal your tenderness. Don’t allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a rain drop, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep, feel it all – look around you. All of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love.
— Zooey Deschanel (via sugar-and-heartbreak)
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
— Zig Ziglar
