February 2012
20 posts
Victimized
Fathers acting like children
Mothers playing the victim
Children are the real victims
No one to look up to
Far too many rules or not nearly enough
No one to comfort them
Too high of expectations or far too low
No one to support them
Taking over their lives or being completely absent
No one to encourage them
Making them chase a predetermined dream or no dream at all
No one to fight for...
Do It Now - Ingrid Michaelson
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“I’ve noticed something about people who make a difference in the world: They...”
– Beth Clark, Kisses from Katie
Love Poem - John Frederick Nims
My clumsiest dear, whose hands shipwreck vases, At whose quick touch all glasses chip and ring, Whose palms are bulls in china, burs in linen, And have no cunning with any soft thing
Except all ill-at-ease fidgeting people: The refugee uncertain at the door You make at home; deftly you steady The drunk clambering on his undulant floor.
Unpredictable dear, the taxi drivers’ terror, Shrinking...
3 tags
What a sigh
I logged onto my school account to look at my grades today. All A’s. Good Lord, I’m not trying to brag, but first I need to say that to make this point. What good has this done me? Yes, I will hopefully get into the college I want to and hopefully I’ll get a huge ass scholarship, and hopefully I’ll do well in college and I’ll get that job that I’ve wanted since...
“Okay, hey! I got something to say to you man. I brake for birds. I rock a lot of...”
– Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
“Interacting with other people does not come naturally to me; it is a strain and...”
– Peter Cameron, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Today, I have something to say.
People matter. Each and every individual. We all matter. Regardless of weight, height, sex, social standing, age, ethnicity, appearance, thoughts, opinions, hobbies, flaws, whatever. We all matter. No person is better or worse. We are all born equal. We all have the ability to do something great or do something terrible. We have the opportunity to earn a life sentence or a doctorates degree. It is...
5 Regrets
Top five regrets of the dying
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. 3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
Taken from this Guardian Article.
“I’m not asking for perfect. I’m asking for honest.”
– Ashley Baker
“I’m sure the reason such young nitwits are produced in our schools is...”
“It is little short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not...”
– Albert Einstein
“Artists convey emotion. They can make an audience feel what their feeling, and...”
– Mr. Torvald - Raise Your Voice
“Go out into the world where your heart calls you. The blessings will come, I...”
– Sy Montgomery
“Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world...”
– Jacqueline Woodson
misscaitie asked: I think you might say that every book you read ever is one of your favorites lol that's why I love you
January 2012
24 posts
“To one on a mountain road by night, a glimpse of three feet of road may matter...”
– C.S. Lewis
“I feel like I’m a part of this new generation. This horribly sad and...”
Angels are Real
There are some people who just get it. No matter how many people you try to explain things to it never comes right and they throw a whole bunch of irrelevant irritating crap in your face. That frustrates me more than anything. But then there is that person that before you can even get any words out they know exactly what to say and it all makes sense. They just get it and you wonder how it’s...
“So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its...”
– Roald Dahl
“People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I...”
– Salma Hayek
“Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that...”
– Pablo Picasso
“I’ve never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see...”
– Piscine Molitor Patel, Life of Pi, Yann Martel
There’s something strangely romantic about sitting on the roof in sweats eating Chinese take-out.
“All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone...”
– Jodi Picoult
“We are not just beautiful, we are dark and powerful. No, more. We are...”
– Catching Fire
“At the bottom of her heart, however, she was waiting for something to happen....”
– Gustave Flaubert
“I’m not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one’s...”
– Daniel Handler
December 2011
24 posts
“For, after all, you do grow up, you do outgrow your ideals, which turn to dust...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“It was the nights you were broken, frustrated, and unhappy that I loved you...”
“It’s not that I wasn’t tired, because I was. It was that I...”
“I love the idea of the big life—the life that matters; the life that makes...”
– E. Lockhart
“You can only save someone who wants to be saved; otherwise, you’ll be...”
– Jodi Picoult