July 2011
“There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.”
—Plato, The Republic (via moldavia)
“Strive to be happy.”
—Max Ehrmann, Desiderata (redux - thank you, anonymous person)
“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”
—Paramahansa Yogananda (via moldavia)
“Beware those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.”
—Charles Bukowski (via henrycharlesbukowski)
“A lonely speaker in a conversation, her words are swimming through his ears again.”
—Panic at the Disco (via quote-book)
“It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done.”
—Mitch Albom (via creatingaquietmind)
“‘I wish I could love,’ cried Dorian Gray, with a deep note of pathos in his voice. ‘But I seem to have lost the passion, and forgotten the desire. I am too much concentrated on myself. My own personality has become a burden to me. I want to escape, to go away, to forget.’”
—Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (@theoldlie)
“I never confused what I had with what I was.”
—Jonathan Safran Foer (via kari-shma)
