January 2012
“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things...”
– Julian Barnes (via nikkoyeoh)
My Favorite Translation
dearoldlove:
I kept drunkenly telling you, “You’re my favorite.” What I meant was, ”I love you.”
“Did those people lie awake at night hiding their hearts while giving their...”
– Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body (via thetitles)
“‘I love you’, someone says, and instantly we begin to wonder- ‘well, how much?’-...”
– Tim O’Brian, In The Lake of the Woods (via nikkoyeoh)
“You say you’re all dark and twisty but it’s not a flaw, it’s a strength. It...”
– Grey’s Anatomy (via runawaytrain)
“How strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves...”
– Don DeLillo (via heavymittedlove)
“The most confused we ever get is when we’re trying to convince our heads of...”
– Karen Marie Moning (via nikkoyeoh)
“Getting you out of my mind is like separating the wind from the cloud. I’m so...”
– Padang Bulan - Andrea Hirata (@Andreahirata)
“But I will say, if James Franco and his brother, Dave Franco, had a baby boy,...”
– Babe Walker (via nikkoyeoh)
“Did you think I would forget how to love? It’s like riding a bike. Everyone...”
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via: iwtfy
(via kari-shma)
“Barefoot or first thing in the morning, I feel beautiful. I didn’t always feel...”
– Angelina Jolie (via daphneemarie)
frostitution:
raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are one of the reasons i have trust issues
“I met my wife, she was a, uh, a elevator operator at the Taft Hotel. And we were...”
– Tom Waits (via colporteur)
“Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it...”
– Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free (via middlenameconfused)
sing-in-time:
I used to think love was pathetic. that it was for fools and people who couldn’t survive without another. then I met you and I became pathetic.
It was Chuck Palahniuk who said,
mishsquish:
“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.” And, while that may be true for the majority of cases, what about the times when he’s wrong? What about the times when there’s a mutual addiction, when your love is mirrored and reciprocated within a person who is perfect and imperfect for you in all of the right ways? That’s what’s worth holding out for,...
Me: 愛可不可以簡簡單單沒有傷害.
Aunt Abbie: 可以，如果你也简简单单和没有要求！
“She was not good on the phone. She needed the face, the pattern of eyes, nose,...”
– Lorrie Moore (via Confuzzzled)
“Food that exceeds its “use by” or “best before” date, my teacher explained,...”
– Brooke Fisher (via middlenameconfused)
“”你在害怕什么呢？如果有人爱你，就让他爱。如果有花送来，就谢谢。如果有人约你，就考虑。在这世上，别人对你好，都不太会伤害你。只有你对别人好，才会一再...”
“Charlotte: I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be.
Bob: You’ll figure that...”
– Lost in Translation (via nikkoyeoh)
“It’s the nature of hearts to break. It’s in their job description. When a heart...”
– Geneen Roth (via middlenameconfused)
“Whenever I feel my emotions getting the best of me, I simply picture an empty...”
– Desperate Housewives (via daphneemarie)
“Most good things happen without a plan: friendships, falling in love, finding a...”
– » How to Have the Best Year of Your Life (without Setting a Single Goal)
“We really hate this fragile stage, when you’re like a broken window that’s been...”
– Mary D. Esselman (via middlenameconfused)
“You don’t. It doesn’t work. One day, you wake up, and you’ve learned how to...”
– Sandra Bullock, when asked how one mends a broken heart. (via middlenameconfused)
“Heart, I told you before and twice, and three times, don’t knock at that door....”
– Spanish folk song (via middlenameconfused)
“How can one man be so endlessly disappointing?”
– Closer (via talkingincodes)
“If you can’t let go, you can’t put your heart back in your chest.”
– I Wrote This For You (via mortalhusk)