February 2012
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uuuh-shiny replied to your photo: Currently Reading. (I’m only 245 pages in,but so…
T tried this ones… It scered me so much. He goes so deep into humannature study it is actually very frightening…
It does go really deep, really quickly! I think I keep reading because I’m curious about which topic he’ll dive into next. So far, I’ enjoying it :)
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“It’s unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn’t have to say this, but...”
– Emma Thompson
“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the...”
– James Russell Lowell
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you...”
– - Michael Jordan
“Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy,...”
– Fritz Williams
“But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them....”
– Paulo Coelho
“Silence is a fence around wisdom.”
– German Proverb
“Silence is a source of great strength.”
– ~Lao Tzu
“You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper...”
– ~Samuel Johnson
“We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart… and we all need to...”
– Helen Hayes
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“What a commentary on civilization, when being alone is being suspect; when one...”
– ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is...”
– ~Mother Teresa
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“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the...”
– William Penn
“I’m not anti-social. I’m pro-solitude.”
– Author Unknown
“When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in...”
– ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943
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“One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively...”
– John O’Donohue (via middlenameconfused)
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“There are less people
in the library these days.
Fine.. more books for me.”
– mattlimbago (via prettybooks)
fuckyeahreading!: Best Reasons Why You Should Read... →
jette-ann:
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Kills time - Even though it is not an inspirational reason, it can make you read, when you are bored.
Word Power – It is a general truth that reading increases the vocabulary.You cannot control your thoughts…
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You know you're a lit nerd when as soon as you...
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Anonymous asked: this boy and i used to text literally 50 times a day, and talk to each other on the phone for hours at a time, everyday. i was the last to text and call him (to which there was no reply) and we havent talked in 5 days. i have been sitting by my phone for 5 whole days, and i have no idea whats going on. theres no reason or explanation as to why he wouldnt want to talk anymore. should i leave it, or...
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“In the beginning there was nothing.
God said, “Let there be light!” And there...”
– Ellen DeGeneres. (via soweliveforever)
“Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no...”
– Madame de Stael
“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”
– Albert Camus
