"You can forget that other people carry pieces of your own story around in their heads. I’ve always thought—put together all those random pieces form everyone who’s ever known you from your parents to the guy who once sat next to you on a bus, and you’d probably see a fuller version of your life than you even did while living it." |
| ~ Deb Caletti (via photographic-energy) (via slekes) |
"All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas |
| ~ Shel Silverstein (via optionsoflife) |
“I will love you with no regard to the actions of our enemies or the jealousies of actors. I will love you with no regard to the outrage of certain parents or the boredom of certain friends. I will love you no matter what is served in the world’s cafeterias or what game is played at each and every…
"She was still waiting for him to come back to her, even though he wasn’t going to. She was still holding out for something that wasn’t going to happen. She was good at waiting. That seemed like a sad thing to be good at." |
| ~ Ann Brashares, Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood (via larmoyante) |
I want to swim across the chapters of a book,
My mother used to read me stories about mermaids
And how they hid themselves from the rest of the world;
So I hold my breath like a lover
And slam the garage doors of my eyes shut,
Enough saltwater has already pruned my pupils,
And I jump in between…