February 2012
“I wanted to touch him, to tell him that even if everyone left everyone, I would never leave him; he talked and talked, his words fell through him, trying to find the floor of his sadness.”
—Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (via millionen)
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.”
—Erica Jong (via -megtheshmeg)
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”
—Albert Einstein (via 6promises)
“Maybe that was why she couldn’t cry, she realized, staring dry-eyed at the ceiling. Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn’t even comfort yourself?”
—City Of Glass - Cassandra Clare (via f1resong)
“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.”
—Oscar Wilde (via cavum)
“She was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls, if you hold hands with them, their hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hands all the time, as if they were afraid they’d bore you or something. Jane was different. We’d get into a movie or something, and right away we’d start holding hands, and we won’t quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.”
—J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye)
