August 2012
it’s kinda funny how when you get older you start to enjoy the things you hated as a kid like taking naps and getting spanked
“One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do.”
—Douglas Coupland
“The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.”
—Albert Einstein
“Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.”
—Andrea Gibson (via speak-slow)
“I wish I did not constantly struggle to remind myself that I am good, too, that I don’t need anyone to complete me or to make things okay — that I am not a puzzle with a jagged piece missing in the center.”
—Chelsea Fagan, “I Wish I Didn’t Love You”
“She had made one of the most basic of life errors, and she saw it immediately: Never give anyone evidence of your crazy.”
—Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson.
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
—Oscar Wilde (via kari-shma)
