September 2011
August 2011
“in the case of everything attractive or useful or that you are fond of, remember to say just what sort of thing it is, beginning with the least little things. if you are fond of a jug, say “i am fond of a jug!” for then when it is broken you will not be upset. if you kiss your child or your wife, say that you are kissing a human being, for when it dies you will not be upset.”
—epictetus (via collectingapples)
“I love him, she thought. I’m just not in love with him and also I don’t love him. I’ve tried, I’ve strained to love him but I can’t. I am building a life with a man I don’t love, and I don’t know what to do about it.”
—David Nicholls (via chicaconojosdeayer)
“Always remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest appreciation!”
—David Brandt Berg (via kari-shma)
“The Hollywood formula could be called Boy Wants Girl, Girl Doesn’t Want Boy, Boy Harasses Girl, Boy Gets Girl. Many movies teach that if you just stay with it, even if you offend her, even if she says she wants nothing to do with you, even if you’ve treated her like trash (and sometimes because you’ve treated her like trash), you’ll get the girl. […] There’s a lesson in real-life stalking cases that young women can benefit from learning: Persistence only proves persistence—it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn’t mean you are special—it means he is troubled.”
—Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear (via socalfeminist)
