“You can‘t see what you don‘t understand. But what you think you understand, you‘ll fail to notice.”
charl08 Wow! Beautiful image. 5y
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“You can‘t see what you don‘t understand. But what you think you understand, you‘ll fail to notice.”
“When two aliebns find each other in a strange place, it feels a little more like home.”
“Well … maybe being a monster is not necessarily a bad thing.”
“What magical thing could you want so badly they take you away from the known world of wanting.”
“Because, without love and acceptance, all that‘s left is something dark and hateful.”
“Why was it that everyone‘s life looked easier from a distance?”
“When society as a whole moves beyond treating us ‘nicely‘ to welcoming us with open arms, when we can live openly and fully as who we are, when we can bring our entire grab bag of perspectives, talents, and sensibilities, our slightly jaded, salty sense of humor, our exaggerated mannerisms, our pumping hearts, and our outlaw sexualities - when we can bring all of who we are to the altar of the world, the world will be a better place.”
“Sometimes you just have to put on lipgloss and pretend to be psyched.”
“Not knowing for certain, but refusing to give way to those who claim certainty, was a privilege I had never allowed myself. My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
“Someone can do a terrible unforgiving thing, and yet you forgive them if you love them. The heart is such a strange thing.”
“He anticipates Wen asking him if everything will be ok, and if she does, he‘ll do what any good parent would do; he‘ll lie.”
“It‘s strange how small your life seems when you are leaving it behind.”
“The teacher said this is with a shake of her head, as if it were something shameful. As if being a good girl and bring strong willed were in conflict. “
“It‘s better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces.”
Blue skies, wine, and a book 🥰
“Being real means being at home in this face, just as it is when I wake up.”
“Often the person we judge most harshly is ourself.”
“There‘s nothing upsetting about being judged if it turns out that everyone thinks you‘re wonderful.”
“It was a slap in the face, but one that I desperately needed at that moment.”
Maybe not the best idea to read this book on top of a snowy mountain..
Cozy fire + good book + sparkling rosé = ?
“How could she still love someone who had tried to destroy her?”
A cozy weekend trip is not complete without a book, a blanket, and a nice drink. The view is a plus.
Best way to spend a snowy morning.
“Worrying had always seemed to me like a laughable waste of time and energy; so much simpler to go happily about your business and deal with the problem when it arose, if it did, which it mostly didn‘t.”
“Being a hero's not about being perfect. It's about doing the right thing, doing your best to get the people you care about home safely.”
“Once you start, how can you quit all this remembering?”
“Our churches will never be healthy as long as those experiencing doubt feel they have to hide.”
“I would rather have a world of kindly, faulty human beings, than a world of superior robots who've said goodbye to pity and understanding and sympathy.”
“It matters not how many wrong turns you make, but that you keep moving. Eventually we'll find our way out, given enough time.”
“Even when you‘re careful, even when you play by the rules, it might not be enough.”
“The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never lived. Even as a child, as far back as she could remember, she had done nothing but endure.”
“Sometimes a lie is more than just a lie. Sometimes it‘s the only way to win.”
“I know better than to take life directions from someone without a moral compass.”
“Nobody is better than anybody else. Nobody is who you think they are at first glance. We need to see beyond the projections we cast onto each other. Each of us is so much grander, more nuanced, and more extraordinary than anybody thinks, including ourselves.”
“To a parent, your child wasn‘t just a person; your child was a place, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place where the present you were living and the past you remembered and the future you longed for all existed at once.”
“His will to live had always been so much stronger than his fear of death.”
“People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.”
