February 2012
17 posts
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“…[she] deeply felt the daytime absence of her friend, the one person with...”
– Truman Capote, In Cold Blood
Feb 11th
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“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”
– Isaac Newton
Feb 10th
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“The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect...”
– Thomas Jefferson
Feb 9th
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Sports Night: the breakup
Sabrina Lloyd : I broke up with YOU, Mr. "Obviously has a short-term memory loss with a myriad of other problems which I won't even go into but thinks he broke up with me because of the short-term memory loss which is so obvious".
Joshua Malina: No need to be formal. I've seen you naked. Call me Jeremy
Feb 9th
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“Sometimes the only way is jumping, I hope you’re not afraid of heights.”
– Gavin DeGraw, Meaning
Feb 8th
46 notes
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“What a slut time is. She screws everybody.”
– John Green (via julieheartsbooks)
Feb 8th
48 notes
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“I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money – I think that can be a burden...”
– David Hockney (via nextness)
Feb 7th
220 notes
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“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
– Truman Capote
Feb 7th
19 notes
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“Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning
Feb 6th
60 notes
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“I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful...”
– Rita Mae Brown
Feb 5th
70 notes
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“I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.”
– Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
Feb 4th
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“As soon as you’re born you start dying / So you might as well have a good...”
– Cake, Sheep Go to Heaven
Feb 3rd
20 notes
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“I like being a mess. It’s who I am.”
– Calista Flockhart, Ally McBeal
Feb 2nd
17 notes
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“The truth is you already know what it’s like. You already know the...”
– David Foster Wallace, Oblivion: Stories
Feb 2nd
62 notes
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“We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix...”
– Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannoli
Feb 1st
57 notes
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“If you’re in a relationship when you leave high school, let her go, man....”
– Josh Ruben  (via joshruben)
Feb 1st
255 notes
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“Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are,...”
– H. Jackson Brown Jr. (via creatingaquietmind)
Feb 1st
866 notes
January 2012
55 posts
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“‘And now I’m looking at you,’ he said, ‘and you’re asking me...”
– Cassandra Clare (via quotewhore)
Jan 31st
651 notes
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“I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women, but I must say that...”
– Abraham Lincoln
Jan 31st
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“One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Jan 30th
63 notes
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“It is so rare in this world to meet a trustworthy person who truly wants to help...”
– Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid
Jan 30th
89 notes
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“In running, it doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle of...”
– Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder
Jan 29th
30 notes
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“Did you ever walk through a room that’s packed with people, and feel so...”
– Jodi Picoult, Second Glance
Jan 28th
74 notes
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“You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Jan 27th
77 notes
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“Emote. It’s okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.”
– Ellen DeGeneres, Seriously… I’m Kidding
Jan 27th
25 notes
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“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all I can borrow.”
– Woodrow Wilson
Jan 26th
33 notes
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“…nothing momentous comes in this world unless it comes on the shoulders of...”
– Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
Jan 26th
32 notes
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“After a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can never be...”
– Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls
Jan 25th
52 notes
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“If I’m gonna jump off a cliff, and you’re going to get pushed off a...”
– Timothy Busfield, The West Wing
Jan 25th
28 notes
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“Today I finally overcame / Tryin’ to fit the world inside a picture frame...”
– John Mayer, 3x5
Jan 24th
9 notes
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“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it...”
– L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Jan 24th
91 notes
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“You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering, that’s the sad truth. Maybe...”
– T.J. Thyne, Bones
Jan 23rd
134 notes
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“When you’re done with a phone call, you let someone go. Or when you, take...”
– Emma Roberts, Scream 4
Jan 23rd
33 notes
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“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake....”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Jan 22nd
36 notes
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“Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle...”
–  Frances Hodgson Burnett
Jan 21st
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“But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and...”
– Sylvia Plath, the Bell Jar
Jan 20th
18 notes
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“I haven’t seen you in ages / sometimes I find myself wondering where you are /...”
– Lady Antebellum, Dancing Away with my Heart (via justinerawr)
Jan 20th
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“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things...”
– Julian Barnes
Jan 19th
41 notes
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“Generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and...”
– Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit (via julie911)
Jan 19th
4,174 notes
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“You know what I believe? I remember in college I was taking this math class,...”
– John Green (via julieheartsbooks)
Jan 19th
70 notes
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“‘I love you’, someone says, and instantly we begin to wonder- ‘well, how much?’-...”
– Tim O’Brian, In The Lake of the Woods
Jan 19th
128 notes
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“I’ve got reservations about so many things but not about you”
– Wilco, Reservations
Jan 18th
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“I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine...”
– Sarah Vowell
Jan 18th
15 notes
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“Sometimes you’re the windshield sometimes you’re the bug”
– Dire Straits, The Bug
Jan 18th
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“It is not enough merely to seek greatness for ourselves, we must help others...”
– First Lady Michelle Obama
Jan 17th
24 notes
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“I am convinced, that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution,...”
–  Martin Luther King Jr.  (via rooftopsedge)
Jan 16th
98 notes
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“Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 16th
156 notes
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“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 16th
88 notes
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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 16th
329 notes
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“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
Jan 15th
34 notes