Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (via quotespile)
the biggest mistake you can ever make is believing in a future with somebody who doesn’t see your worth
give yourself better - a.l.m (via ashleymacleanblog)
“Every part of you has a secret language.”
— Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, tr. by A. J. Arberry, from “Secret Language,”
“i slaughtered myself at an alter you built. god complex - shrine of who you think you are. but, make no mistake - i tell this story now.”
- smspoetry
“Why, darling, I don’t live at all when I’m not with you.”
— Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (via books-n-quotes)
I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.
Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad (via the-book-diaries)
“Make sure you don’t start seeing yourself through the eyes of those who don’t value you. Know your worth, even if they don’t.”
— Thema Davis
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
Bruce Lee (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
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