“Now, every time I witness a strong person, I want to know: What darkness did you conquer in your story? Mountains do not rise without earthquakes.”— Katherine MacKenett
“I don’t know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.”— Ned Vizzini, It’s Kind of a Funny Story
(via the-book-diaries)
“It was at the most crucial point you lied on me. I never fully recovered.”— j. grey
“Why should I apologize for the monster I’ve become? No one ever apologized for making me this way.”— The Joker (via dok-o)
“the courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.”—
Charles Bukowski, the freeway life
“Every time you take a step, even when you don’t want to… When it hurts, when it means you rub chins with death, or even if it means dying, that’s good. Anything that moves ahead, wins. No chess game was ever won by the player who sat for a lifetime thinking over his next move.”— Ray Bradbury, Farewell Summer
“You stopped caring so I cared more. And perhaps this was my greatest mistake. To care for someone who didn’t even spend one single thought on me.Your carelessness wrecked me.”—
Your carelessness wrecked me.
@lustforunspokenwords
a gentle reminder that you did well this year. you met new people, learned new things and felt new feelings. you did so many things that made you scared. you picked yourself up off the floor after feeling completely defeated or heartbroken. there were some really tough nights but you survived them all. you made people happy just by existing. you accepted many goodbyes but the serendipitous meetings made up for them. it was your own hard work that paid off but you always downplay it or compare yourself to others. that’s not fair on yourself. you’ve come so far from the first day of this year. you have more wisdom and strength now. yes, other people seem more “successful” but does that even matter? please don’t think so lowly of yourself to only think about your failures. 2018 was your year of growth. I hope you take a moment to be kind to yourself, and believe that 2019 will be even better.