October 2011
“They enjoy the goal but not the process. But the reality of it is that the true work of improving things is in the little achievements of the day.”
—Celine (Before Sunset, 2004)
“I wondered which was harder, in the end. The act of telling, or who you told it to. Or maybe if, when you finally got it out, the story was really all that mattered.”
—Sarah Dessen (Just Listen)
“Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.”
—Lemony Snicket (The Beatrice Letters)
“You can never really know someone completely. That’s why it’s the most terrifying thing in the world, really—taking someone on faith, hoping they’ll take you on faith too. It’s such a precarious balance, It’s a wonder we do it at all.”
—Libba Bray (via kari-shma)
“Don’t let the noise of other people’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
—Steve Jobs (via kari-shma)