books-n-quotes:

“Who can remember pain once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see.”

— Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (via books-n-quotes)

onlinecounsellingcollege:

“Dealing with other people reminds me of why I like to be alone.”

— Raine Cooper

purplebuddhaquotes:

“You struggle….again and again. And then one day, you triumph.”

— Kate Grace

purplebuddhaquotes:

“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives; but none about his or her own.”

— Paulo Coelho

purplebuddhaquotes:

“‘no’ might make them angry but it will make you free.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

purplebuddhaquotes:

“All my life, I’ve found it difficult to advocate for myself, to ask for what I want. I fear burdening people so much.”

— Jessica Knoll

purplebuddhaquotes:

“I just need to be mad for a little while, okay? I know it might not be the most mature thing, but there it is.”

— Cynthia Hand

purplebuddhaquotes:

“I understood myself only after I destroyed myself. And only in the process of fixing myself, did I know who I really was.”

—

Sade Andria Zabala

purplebuddhaquotes:

“Human beings often display emotion they do not feel. And they often feel emotion they do not display. That’s a description of me all right. I keep myself locked as a box when it matters, and broken open when it doesn’t matter at all.”

—

Jeanette Winterson

purplebuddhaquotes:

“But most of all, I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they are going.”

— Ray Bradbury

purplebuddhaquotes:

“Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time.”

— Ransom Riggs

(Source: erickrtinic)

onlinecounsellingcollege:

“Just because you took longer than others doesn’t mean you failed. Remember that.”

— Unknown

wordsnquotes:

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”

— Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper
(via wordsnquotes)

(Source: theliteraryjournals.com)