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There are two different types of nostalgia. 

Restorative nostalgia is when you feel like things used to be better and you long to relive the past, and reflective nostalgia is when you feel wistful about how different things used to be, but you maintain a sense of amused acceptance. 

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“And though we both may be different people now, and the current you may be little more than a stranger, as the current me is to you, I hope you know that the version of me who kept your hands warm in fleeting moments at metro stations is forever yours.”

— V.I.P.P.// Love, once shared, is never taken back

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“The Year 2000” went from evoking a futuristic age to a quaint, simpler era in a relatively short span of time.

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Today your mind, body, and soul are perfectly in sync. You are completely unstoppable. Unsurmountable. Undefeatable. Today you live as a whole; unified into one.

Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin

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via @extramadness

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as you get older, you realize that you’re not always right and there’s so many things you could’ve handled better, so many situations where you could’ve been kinder and all you can really do is forgive yourself and let your mistakes make you a better person.

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“I don’t think there’s anything sadder than when two people are meant to be together and something intervenes.”

—

Walter Bishop

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Me-irl

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“You may talk. And I may listen. And miracles might happen.”

— Ernest Hemingway 

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“She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cozy bed, and to love and be loved in return.”

— Starra Neely Blade

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“Be willing to go alone sometimes. You don’t need permission to grow. Not everyone who started with you will finish with you. And that’s OK.”

—

M. Scott Peck

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The hero we don’t deserve

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“Rest, nature, books, music… such is my idea of happiness.”

— Leo Tolstoy (via goodreadss)