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| On a little break while finishing up the semester.
More frequent updates to come in Summer '09!
Happy Quoting,
<3 Laura | | |
| Our prime purpose in this life is to
help others. And if you can't help
them, at least don't hurt them.
-The Dalai Lama
No matter what you do to me, I'm
still here. For some odd reason, I
stick around and put up with all your
mood swings and unkind words. I
just let your comments roll off me
into a puddle on the floor. I make up
excuses on why you didn't call, try
to think of all the answers. I keep
going back for more even though
sometimes you push me away. I
don't know if I can do better, but do
I really want to? You're quick to
push me down when all I want is to
be brought up. When I walk out for
good, when I really gain the strength
I need, then maybe you will see.
Maybe you can look back and say,
"Wow that girl really did love me."
She has future plans and dreams at night.
When they tell her life is hard she says,
"That's alright."
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive?
Love is everything it's cracked up to be.
That's why people are so cynical about it...
It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
+ + Erica Jong
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate verison of somebody else.
+ + Judy Garland
I live for those moments when you least expect
the most wonderful thing in the world to
actually happen.
"I am intrigued by glamorous women... A vain woman is continually taking out a compact to repair her makeup. A glamorous woman knows she doesn't need to."
I love how we're not kissy all the time.
How we can argue and just mess around
because we don't have to show other people
how much we love each other, because all
that really matters, is that both you and I know
I guess a big part of growing up
is dealing with regret.
Swallowing your pride.
There are some things in life
you can't go back and change,
no matter how much you want to.
Living on earth is EXPENSIVE,
but it does include a free trip around the sun each year. | | |
| I'm not like the other girls,
and I think that's where you made your first mistake.
I'm not a genius. I'm just a
tremendous bundle of experience.
You cannot control the world outside, but you can
choose what you will bring into yourself. If you do not
see anything of value in your life, begin by finding
one thing of beauty every day until it becomes a habit.
++ Ron Rathbun
That great everyday magic is discovering those
who are strong enough to catch you.
Those who care enough to reach out their arms
and cushion your fall. And I think that's what's
so wonderful about life - you never know when you'll stumble
upon these kinds of marvelous people,
or when they'll stumble onto you.
And as terrifying as it sounds, the greatest thing that could
ever happen to us is to slip up in the wind and
float down into that fall. Because you never know
who will be waiting for you at the bottom.
-Penelope Bat.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the
world is also a confession of character.
+ + Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest oaks have
been little acorns.
+ + Proverb
I miss you when something really good
happens, because you're the one I want
to share it with. I miss you when something
is troubling me because you're the one
who understands me so well. I miss
you when I laugh and cry because I know
that you are the one who makes my
laughter grow and my tears disappear. I
miss you all the time, but I miss you
most when I lay awake at night and think
of all the wonderful times that we spent
with each other. For those were some of
the best and most memorable times in my life.
When you walk away from someone
and there's no gravitational pull, that's
when you know you're doing the right thing.
We are all guilty of saving old messages
from someone who became really special
in our lives. Going to familiar places giving
us that small twinge in our hearts & smile
on our faces. It's simply bittersweet cause
everytime that person crosses our minds,
we remember the instances when we were complete.
I don't care what you think
just as long as it's about me.
I don't care; Fall Out Boy
Sometimes we expect more from people because we would be willing to do that much for them.
It was.. odd. His blue eyes met with my brown ones, and we didn't look away. For a moment, we were caught in this awkward staring thing. Then he did the most perfect thing; when he looked away, he smiled.
In life you aren't guaranteed anything
So you just have to guarantee certain things to yourself.
Does it ever feel like nothing you do is ever good enough? Like, the whole world has turned its back on you. I do. Sometimes, it feels like I'm on top of the world. But then, I looked down, and realize it's only a step ladder. It's like a 5-year-old coloring a picture. She works for hours and hours on it, but in the end, all we see is mere scribbles. You probably think I'm stupid, don't you. You're probably not even listening to me-it's all right. It doesn't bother me. Really. I'm used to it.
For the rest of life,
I'll never forget
that night. We stayed up talking till 5.
I told you my dreams and fears, and
you told me all your secrets. I never
opened myself up to someone like
that before. What we felt at one
moment in time is irreplaceable.
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| Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. -Dennis Wholey
I never thought I'd hear myself saying this, but thank you.
Because if you hadn't of come along,
I never would have learned that my worst days could also have been my best.
Because when a heart breaks, it also opens;
and once a heart opens any number of things can happen,
and some of them can be wonderful.
i've never been in love with anyone before you came along..
not real love, anyway. not like this.
and i'd be a fool if i let you slip away without a fight.
- the choice; nicholas sparks
Sometimes you have to be
silent in order to be heard.
+ + Wilma Askinas
If you are all wrapped up in yourself,
you are overdressed.
+ + Kate Halverson
They say the Greek found math. Well I think
they should have left that shit right where
they found it.
The best moments in reading are when you come
across something--a thought, a feeling, a way of
looking at things--that you'd thought special,
particular to you... and here it is, set down by
someone else, a person you've never met, maybe
even someone long dead... and it's as if a hand has
come out and taken yours.
- The History Boys
This is the message of Christmas:
We are never alone.
+ + Taylor Caldwell
There's nothing sadder in this world
than to awake Chistmas morning and
not be a child.
+ + Erma Bombeck
Probably the reason we all go so haywire
at Christmas time with the endless
unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts
is that we don't quite know how to put
our love into words.
+ + Harlan Miller
"Everyone wants to be in love on Christmas, and not the kind of love that's special like getting dressed up to see a play downtown, but the kind of love that's special like snow on your birthday, when your birthday's in July."
I guess it was my fault too;
I decided not to listen to what people told me about you,
I listened to all your lies and believed them.
I guess I was just a pawn in your little game,
and I was so blind it took me this long to see what you were doing to me,
and now you've realized what you've lost,
standing infront of me, asking for a second chance.
We both know that to you, I'll always be second best.
don't follow something you really mean
with "just kidding" to make things less awkward
make things awkward
make someone stand there fighting
without knowing what to say
because no matter how they react
you put yourself out there
laid it on the table
poured out your soul.
as i paced back and forth all this time
cause i honestly believed in you.
holding on, the days drag on.
stupid girl, i should have known
i should have known. | | |
| It's not what you've been through;
It's how you deal with what you've been through.
"To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first."
Janeane Garofalo
You don't know what goes on in anyone's life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person's life, you're not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can't be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person's life, you're messing with their entire life. Everything... affects everything.
"They're not guns."
"No, they're not. They're books and a hundred times more dangerous."
-A Gathering Light; Jennifer Donnelly
Without even realizing it, you taught me a lot of things. Not only about life, but how it's okay to feel something extraordinary about someone.
What is heartbreak?
Is it lying on the bathroom floor trying your damnedest to breathe
while simultaneously wondering why it went wrong,
how you're gonna get up and pretend like everything is alright
and what the hell are you going to do about that hole in your chest?
Yeah, I think thats it.
I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.
&& these heart break songs
are making sense again
and I really wish they didn't...
Best friends are the people who make your problems their problems
just so you don't have to got through them alone.
I was lost and so confused, running in circles around you. I thank the stars that I found my way now back to the simple things in life. Day to day, just getting by, counting sheep and highway signs. That's just fine.
"If I fall in love again and marry, my future husband is indebted to you. Thank you for being an incredible first love."
Now I truly believe that we in this generation must come to
terms with nature, and I think we're challenged, as mankind
has never been challenged before, to prove our maturity
and our mastery, not of nature but of ourselves.
+ + Rachel Carson
and when i first met you
i never would have imagined that
i would have such strong feelings for you
i never would have thought that
i would have dreams about you
or miss being by your side
or get butterflies in my stomach
when someone mentions your name
when i first met you
i never would have thought that i would love you
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything or
He'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
--The Fray;; How To Save A Life | | |
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