Life is like a game of whist. I don't enjoy the game much; but I like to play my cards well, and see what will be the end of it.

George Eliot

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I’ve been, and how comforting the presence of another human being can be.

Suzanne Collins

Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives.

Lemony Snicket

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

Josephine Hart, Damage

Maybe it's not about happy ending. Maybe it's about the story.

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But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?

Neil Gaiman, Coraline (via thebookquotes)

friendly reminder

make sure to check in with your loved ones to see if they’re okay if you haven’t in a while – also, check in with yourself; take some time to focus on what’s bothering you, and what you can do to improve

Love the place where you are. But love your next step as well.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

Virginia Woolf

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

Maya Angelou

I loved him very much - more than I could trust myself to say - more than words had power to express.

Charlotte Brontë

When you love someone, you are sure. You don’t need time to decide. You don’t say stop and start over and over, like you’re playing some kind of sport. You know the immensity of what you have and you protect it.

Nina LaCour, Everything Leads to You

Don’t use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe.

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You're energy. At each moment, you mold and shape this energy by you conscousness. You do so with every thought, every intention, every action.

Pam Grout, E Squared

Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.

Deborah Reber

If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lay with me and just forget the world?

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them. Your smile, your hope and your courage.

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