"I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody."

— Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger

The best thing for being sad,’ replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, ‘is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.’"

— T.H. White

"She wasn’t bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time."

— Stephen Chbosky (The Perks Of Being A Wallflower)

"‘You see,’ he went on, ‘it’s very much like your trying to reach Infinity. You know that it’s there, but you just don’t know where—but just because you can never reach it doesn’t mean that it’s not worth looking for.’"

— The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

"The only thing you should have to do is find work you love to do. And I can’t imagine living without having loved a person. A man, in my case. It could be a woman, but whatever. I think, what I always tell kids when they get out of class and ask, ‘What should I do now?’ I always say, ‘Keep a low overhead. You’re not going to make a lot of money.’ And the next thing I say: ‘Don’t live with a person who doesn’t respect your work.’ That’s the most important thing—that’s more important than the money thing. I think those two things are very valuable pieces of information."

-Grace Paley

quoted: "live now. love forever". this is the last post for tonight. goodnight everyone. happy all saints day :)

quoted: "do more than exist"

"THEREIN LIES THE BEST CAREER ADVICE I COULD POSSIBLY DISPENSE: JUST DO THINGS. CHASE AFTER THE THINGS THAT INTEREST YOU AND MAKE YOU HAPPY. STOP ACTING LIKE YOU HAVE A SET PATH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T. NO ONE DOES. YOU SHOULDN'T BE TRYING TO CHECK OFF THE BOXES OF LIKE; THE AREN'T REAL AND THEY WERE CREATED BY OTHER PEOPLE. NOT YOU. THERE IS NO EXPLICIT PATH I'M FOLLOWING, AND I'M NOT WALKING IN ANYONE ELSE'S FOOTSTEPS. IM MAKING IT UP AS I GO.

- CHARLIE HOEHN

"AT TIMES THE WORLD CAN SEEM AN UNFRIENDLY AND SINISTER PLACE, BUT BELIEVE US WHEN WE SAY THERE IS MUCH MORE GOOD IN IT THAN BAD. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK HARD ENOUGH. AND WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, MAY, IN FACT, BE THE FIRST STEPS OF A JOURNEY."

- A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. 2004, LEMONY SNICKET