More Quotes
It’s been a rough month or so around here. Between Mother Nature and her fury, fallen heroes, and changing work environments, it’s been interesting, to say the least. But since nobody reads this and even less people care what I have to say, I’ll just dump some quotes and pics and let it go at that…
“If a book is well written, I always find it too short.” Jane Austen
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” William Arthur Ward
“My mind is more talkative than my mouth.”
“Whatever your goals, the quality of the journey has to become more important than those fleeting moments when you actually arrive at your destination. Most of your life is the journey. Most of your life is the process of solving problems. It is not, and will never be, a condition of basking in the absence of all problems. There will always be something to do, so the frame of mind in which you do it determines the quality of your life.” Sam Harris (I am nearly certain this is the quote that prompted one of the biggest changes in my life, and it wasn’t me that made that change…)
“Every storm runs out of rain.” Maya Angelou
“When you start to wonder whether you can trust someone or not, that is when you already know you don’t.” Unknown
“Most of them leave long before they say goodbye. Some of them are so used to farewell that they never even unpack their bags. They show up with a half smile, ready for their half stay, offering their half love and ask to share your half life. That’s the hardest part of the story. The part where you look them in the eyes and your heart cries “Please, don’t go” but they can’t hear you because they are already gone. Kalen Dion
“Not one scar on my heart came from the enemy. They all came from people who said they ‘loved’ me.” Thomas Shelby
“I love that word. Forever. I love that forever doesn’t exist, but we have a word for it anyway, and use it all the time. It’s beautiful and doomed.” Viv Albertine, from Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
“Clouds remind us that nothing is permanent; train yourself to look at everything the way you look at clouds. Feelings, for example, come and go, so don’t make ling-term decisions based on short-term feelings.” Buddhist Boot Camp
“Everything isn’t meant to last forever. The people you want most in your life are sometimes the people you’re best without. I’ve spent too much of my life trying to create lifetime relationships with seasonal people. I can only blame myself for giving them expectations that I know they couldn’t live up to. I was trying to force something that could never be. I’ve learned that just because someone comes into your life, doesn’t mean they’re meant to stay. Some relationships just have to close without closure. I learned to let go.” Trent Shelton
“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before, she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect – you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together. But if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can.” Bob Marley
“Tell yourself that I failed you if that makes the hurt easier to handle, because in a way, I guess I did. I failed to understand the complexity in loving someone who would rather walk away than stand strong and stay.” Unknown
“I never forget when a person hurts me. I can talk to you all day and night, be nice as hell to you, but what you did to me will forever be in the back of my mind. Simply because my heart is too big and you didn’t have to hurt me. You chose to. Forgiving isn’t the issue; forgetting us.”
“There’s a corner of my heart that is yours. And I don’t mean for now, or until I’ve found somebody else, I mean forever. I mean to say that whether I fall in love a thousand times over or once or never again, there’ll always be a small quiet place in my heart that belongs only to you.” Beau Taplin, The Corner
“Loving someone means you want the best for them and sometimes that’s not you.” Arch Hades
“It’s always been you. From the moment I saw you, I knew I wanted you in my life. I knew I wanted you to be mine. I just knew. It’s one of those things you feel, one of those things you just know.”
“What’s the difference?” I asked him. “Between the love of your life, and your soulmate?” He replied, “One is a choice, and one is not.” Tarryn Fisher
“I know you care about me, but I also know you don’t care enough. I don’t know which one is worse.”
“It’s all about who you think about when you close your eyes; the one that makes the rest of the world kind of fade away.” S. Gabardi
“The one who loves the moon still loves it when it isn’t there in the sky. I wish to be that moon for someone.” Kavya Dixit
“I really wanted it to be you, I so badly wanted it to be you, until I understood you didn’t want it to be me.” D.C.
“Your silence told me what your heart couldn’t. And sadly, it was louder than words.” R.M. Drake
“It’s kinda ironic how our hearts can still get hurt by something we already saw coming.” Unknown, but how true.
“If my absence doesn’t affect your life, then my presence has no meaning in it.” Unknown
“An immeasurable tragedy: I will love you for the rest of my life and you will not be there for any of it.” Chloe Frayne
“When you’re in love that deeply, things just hurt differently. They cut deeper. They leave a mark in your soul. Forever.” R.M. Drake
“Anyone can tell you that they love you, but it takes an authentic soul to show you that they do…” S. Gabardi
“I am currently creating the person that I want to be, so please excuse me while I become protective of myself, my time, and my energy.”
“Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you’re living.”
“Maybe what you need is clarity. Distance. Some time to yourself. This is the kind of peace we all need sometimes. The kind that will give you the courage to clear your heart. Your mind. And soul. Don’t be afraid of being alone. Trust your process. With isolation, everything you feel will sort itself out.” R.M. Drake
“I’m not perfect and I don’t claim to be. I have insecurities, I get jealous, I overthink everything, I have trust issues, and some days I don’t think I’m good enough. That’s who I am, I’m not afraid to admit it, but you know what? I’m amazing in so many ways, too. I have a huge heart with lots of scars, a soul that’s been through hell and back. Not every day is my best, some days I fuck up and make mistakes, but I learn from them. I want to grow and be the best version of myself. I’m a work in progress and someday I’ll make someone proud to call me their’s.”
“My silence means I am tired of fighting and now there is nothing left to fight for. My silence means I am tired of explaining my feelings to you, but not I don’t have the energy to explain them anymore. My silence means I have adapted to the changes in my life and I don’t want to complain. My silence means I am on the self healing process and I am trying to forget everything I ever wanted from you. My silence means I am just trying to move on gracefully with all my dignity.” Aarti Khurana
“It’s not the goodbye that hurts… it’s the flashbacks and the memories that follow.” Yeah, FB Memories is a real bitch…
“It’s easy to look back and question decisions you have made in the past, but it’s unfair to punish yourself for them. You can’t blame yourself for not knowing back then what you know now, and the truth is you made each decision for a reason, based on how you were feeling at the time. As we grow up we learn and we evolve. Maybe the person you are now would have done things differently back then, or maybe you are the person you are now, because of the decisions you made back then. Trust your journey. It’s all going to make sense soon.”
“There is no reset button in life. You can’t take anything back, and you can’t undo anything. All of your actions have consequences, and the things you say and do today will have a lasting impact on the rest of your life. You have to understand that, and you have to be aware of it while making your decisions.”
“Big change comes from hundreds of tine steps and they all matter.”
“One reason people resist change is because they focus on what they have to give up, instead of what they have to gain.” Rick Godwin
“With every ray of sunshine, there is also a shadow. For every smile, a tear. But that’s what makes the world perfect – without the bad, the good wouldn’t feel so special.” Me, while on my Thru Hike. Forever and always.
“It was then I realized it was never about you. It was me. I needed to forgive myself. Not because you were without blame but because I was a fool for seeing you as something other than what you truly are.” Morgan Richard Olivier
“I know I need to close the door and accept that my love wasn’t appreciated. Not because it was wrong, but because I gave it to someone who couldn’t understand it.”
“Something I just recently learned was that chased love, is not love. If you have to run after it, talk it into staying, remind it of your value, fight alone for the both of you, issue ultimatums, or test it – it is not love. It’s not love, it’s not happiness, it’s not fair, it’s not healthy, the only thing it is… is a waste of your time.” Jessica Casey
“I’m slowly learning that even if I react, it won’t change anything, it won’t make people suddenly love and respect me, it won’t magically change their minds. Sometimes it’s better to just let things be, let people go, don’t fight for closure, don’t ask for explanations, don’t chase answers and don’t expect people to understand where you’re coming from. I’m slowly learning that life is better lived when you don’t center it on what’s happening around you and center it on what’s happening inside you instead. Work on yourself and your inner peace and you’ll come to realize that not reacting to every little thing that bothers you is the first ingredient to living a happy and healthy life.” Rania Raim
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” Dr. Seuss
“Maybe one day, we’ll meet again and explain to each other what really happened. Maybe one day we’ll finally understand. Until then, I hope you live your best life and I hope you really do all the things you always wanted to do.” R.M. Drake
“And after all this time, I finally turned the last page of our story, and began writing my own.” Zahra
“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
“A hungry stomach, an empty wallet, and a broken heart can teach you the best lessons of life.” Robin Williams
“This season of life won’t necessarily afford me the pleasure of indulging in my wildest dreams.” The Next Right Thing Podcast
“The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” John Muir
“I love the kind of tired that comes from a lot of fresh air and a little too much sun.”
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” John Muir
