thoughts detained

"The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive."

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:09 -0700

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”

- John Green, Looking for Alaska

"Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so a..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:25 -0700

“Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so a simple phrase like ‘maybe we should just be friends’ or ‘how very perceptive’ turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart.”

- Neil Gaiman

"don’t attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you’re lonely...."

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:06 -0700

“don’t attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you’re lonely. Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best you can do is know yourself… know what you want.”

- Janet Fitch, White Oleander

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end"

Sun, 12 May 2013 07:15:32 -0700

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end”

- Semisonic, Closing Time

"We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand… and melting like a snowflake. Let us..."

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:00:16 -0800

“We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand… and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.”

- Marie Beyon Ray

"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of..."

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:00:30 -0800

“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.”

- G.K. Chesterton

"Every man at some point in his life is going to lose a battle. He is going to fight and he is going..."

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:00:22 -0800

“Every man at some point in his life is going to lose a battle. He is going to fight and he is going to lose. But what makes him a man is at the midst of that battle he does not lose himself. This game is not over, this battle is not over.”

- Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights

"The truth is that there are a lot of people like you, us, with strange hobbies or talents or gifts..."

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:00:20 -0800

“The truth is that there are a lot of people like you, us, with strange hobbies or talents or gifts and we try to hide it because we’re afraid that it makes us seem weird or turn people off, but that’s a mistake. What makes me unique has bought every person I love into my life.”

- Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies

"Some people care too much. I think it’s called love."

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:19:42 -0800

“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”

- Winnie the Pooh

"She’s my person. If I murdered someone, she’s the person I’d call to help me drag..."

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:59:50 -0800

“She’s my person. If I murdered someone, she’s the person I’d call to help me drag the corpse across the living room floor. She’s my person.”

- Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy

Seinfeld: undateable

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:59:38 -0800

Jerry Seinfeld: Elaine, what percentage of people would you say are good looking?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Twenty-five percent.
Jerry Seinfeld: Twenty-five percent, you say? No way! It’s like 4 to 6 percent. It’s a twenty to one shot.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: You’re way off.
Jerry Seinfeld: Way off? Have you been to the motor vehicle bureau? It’s like a leper colony down there.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: So what you are saying is that 90 to 95 percent of the population is undateable?
Jerry Seinfeld: UNDATEABLE!
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Then how are all these people getting together?
Jerry Seinfeld: Alcohol.

"…as human beings sometimes it’s better to stay in the dark. Because in the dark there..."

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:00:07 -0800

“…as human beings sometimes it’s better to stay in the dark. Because in the dark there may be fear, but there is also hope.
Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy”

- Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy

"This is an important lesson to remember when you’re having a bad day, a bad month, or a shitty year...."

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:00:23 -0800

“This is an important lesson to remember when you’re having a bad day, a bad month, or a shitty year. Things will change: you won’t feel this way forever. And anyway, sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most. I believe you can’t feel real joy unless you’ve felt heartache. You can’t have a sense of victory unless you know what it means to fail. You can’t know what it’s like to feel holy until you know what it’s like to feel really fucking evil. And you can’t be birthed again until you’ve died.”

- Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You

"We shall have to repent in this generation , not so much for the evil deeds of the wicked people,..."

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:53:58 -0800

“We shall have to repent in this generation , not so much for the evil deeds of the wicked people, but for the appalling silence of the good people”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"‘The horror of that moment,’ the King went on, ‘I shall never, never..."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:00:31 -0800

“‘The horror of that moment,’ the King went on, ‘I shall never, never forget!’ ‘You will, though,’ the Queen said, ‘if you don’t make a memorandum of it. ‘”

- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply..."

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:00:15 -0800

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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

”

- Siddhārtha Gautama

"You don’t need water to feel like you’re drowning, do you?"

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:00:14 -0800

“You don’t need water to feel like you’re drowning, do you?”

- Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes

"Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should..."

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:00:29 -0800

“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”

- Zig Ziglar

"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right."

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:00:17 -0800

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”

- Isaac Asimov

"I am proud only of those days that pass in undivided tenderness."

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:00:26 -0800

“I am proud only of those days that pass in
undivided tenderness.”

- Robert Bly