"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

Epicurus

"One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy."

Alain de Botton

(Source: twat-icunt-hearyou)

"You are not weak just because your heart feels so empty."

Andrea Gibson

(Source: gymclass-wallflower, via vaguely-asian)

"I don’t want people to matter to me too much. Sometimes it hurts too much to think about them. Ones you love who don’t love you, ones who are dead or hate you, ones who you think about but never get to be with. I like people but when I get too close, it fucks me up and I can’t get things done."

Henry Rollins

(Source: onthesurfaceofthelips, via sirchiefsalot)

"I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can."

Neil Gaiman

(Source: thatquote, via vaguely-asian)

"Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive."

Josephine Hart

(Source: somethingtoseeorhear, via screamcolor)

"Until you can create something that captivates people, I’d invite you to just shut up. It’s easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It’s a lot more difficult to perform one."

Chuck Palahniuk

(Source: travestyintechnicolour, via sirchiefsalot)

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."

Ernest Hemingway

(Source: asterisk-, via mysecondhomeishere)

"All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. …But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not."

Nick Hornby

(Source: fuckyeahliteraryquotes, via transformfeminism)

"Every happiness is the child of a separation
it did not think it could survive."

Rainer Maria Rilke

(Source: litverve, via libraryland)