“If you turn off the news and actually socialize with people, you’ll notice how little hate there is out there.”— just-shower-thoughts, just-shower-thoughts.tumblr.comTagged: Shower Thoughts, Life Is Beautiful, enjoy life, Gentle Reminders, Notes to self
“Yet in those few times I touched him / knowing one thing unfolded us both, it was my history beneath me, / my hands at least touching its skin.”— Katie Ford, amazon.comTagged: Poetry, In love, LDR
“To be naked in the Earth / art / does not mean a body owes you anything / except itself as it is / as it moves through the Earth / art / flinching or free. Strong as violets / strong as life.”— Carrie Lorig, entropymag.orgTagged: Nature, Art, Naked
“Let it be enough that the world looks alive when it’s wet and so much living is most beautiful when it’s dying.”— Bryce Emley, narrativemagazine.comTagged: Autumn, Poetry, Rainy Days, Death
“And all the winds blew kisses and caressed me. / And all the forests toppled down within me. / And all the rivers ran into my soul.”— Gertrud Kolmar, amazon.comTagged: Poetry, nature lover, Wild Child, Nature
“It’s raining, but the air is soft, smoky, warm. Big drops patter on the languid leaves, the tobacco flowers lean over. I do not want anything I could not have. Peace, solitude, time to write my books, beautiful external life to watch and ponder—no more.”— Katherine Mansfield, amazon.comTagged: Rainy Days, relax, writer
“Give yourself whole to your best moment, to your greatest memory. It is this you must recognize as king of time, your greatest memory. The condition to which all discipline must bring you back. That which allows you to despise yourself, as well as rightly to approve yourself. Center of strength, of…”— Paul Valery, amazon.comTagged: Memory, Inspirational, Love Yourself, Accept Yourself
“Woke to lovely noise of thunder.”— Richard Burton, amazon.comTagged: Thunderstorms, Rainy Days, Nature, Weather
“Both a little drunk in the middle afternoon / with the forgotten smart of August on our skin / we hold hands as if we still were children…”— Anne Sexton, amazon.comTagged: Poetry, Drunk, Autumn, Nostalgia, puppy love
“Concept: We go to a small bookstore. You lead me to the sections of all your favourite books, and explain the plots. You are excited, and I am just as happy because you’re sharing a part of yourself with me.”— lovingconcept, lovingconcept.tumblr.comTagged: Wholesome Memes, Comforting, Bookworm, Friendship
“We often imagine the world as a zero-sum game, as a place where good news for someone is necessarily bad news for someone else. But I believe that kindness can change that arithmetic.”— John Green, youtube.com
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”— Dalai Lama, amazon.comTagged: kindness, Religion, Philosophy, heart
“Take a walk in the woods (alone), And there you will find all of the questions That remain unanswered in your mind.”— Kaitlyn Dunagan, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Nature, Nature Is A Remedy, Awe Of Nature, positive, Healing
“Ask for love, and the sky will unveil itself layer by layer, its naked blue flame waiting only your blindness in return.”— Lauren K. Alleyne, amazon.comTagged: Nature, Looking For Answers, Looking At The Sky, Awe Of Nature, Existence
“they leaned into everything: cigarettes and stories, nips of whiskey, / laughter like blackbirds rising across a white sky.”— Joe Wilkins, amazon.comTagged: Nature, Laughter, Connecting To Nature, Life, Human Connection
“Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream. Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks. There’s a steaming mug in your hands, warming your fingers. There’s a friend seated across from you in…”— Vera Nazarian, amazon.comTagged: Christmas
“In the long dusks of summer we walked the suburban streets through scents of maple and cut grass, waiting for something to happen.”— Steven Millhauser, amazon.comTagged: Summer, Dusk
“Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.”— Seán O’Casey, amazon.comTagged: Laughter, Wine, Soul
“Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.”— Randa Abdel-Fattah, amazon.comTagged: Hope, Faith, kindness
“Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.”— G.K. Chesterton, amazon.comTagged: Holidays, Christmas, homeless
“More people would like to have sex with you than you might think. If you’re ever in doubt, you should just assume that someone would be okay with seeing you naked.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Sex, Naked, Relationships, Lust
“Sex is the alpha and enlightenment is the omega. Sex is the first step of the spiritual journey, and enlightenment is the last step of the spiritual journey.”— Swami Dhyan Giten, books.google.comTagged: Sex, Sex Is..., Swami Dhyan Giten
“Study the art of science. Develop your senses— especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.”— Leonardo da Vinci, amazon.comTagged: Science, Connection
“So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.comTagged: Ray Bradbury, Creativity, Writing, Express, Essays
“I love the rain. I love how it softens the outlines of things. The world becomes softly blurred, and I feel like I melt right into it.”— Hanamoto Hagumi, amazon.comTagged: Rain, Love, Passion
“The best part about this city is that it is so big, you can break my heart in it and never have to worry about seeing me on your morning train.”— Trista Mateer, tristamateer.comTagged: Heartbreak, Nostalgia, Missing People, Broken Hearts
“Make like a baby and experience the world as a series of great terrors interspersed with brilliant comedies and lots of food and sleep.”— Night Vale podcast, twitter.comTagged: food, Sleep, babies
“It's my belief that we keep gravitating around the campfire that is food because, as a species, we require connectivity to each other. Food is actually one of the last universal things that we've got to do that.”— Alton Brown, bittersoutherner.comTagged: food, The Unity of Meals, Using Food To Heals Divides
“There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves.”— Joe L. Wheeler, instagram.comTagged: Autumn, october, Fall, Happiness
“Around the holidays, the food is amazing. I love making food for everybody, especially cookies. I help with everything for the Christmas dinner–me and my mom are crazy in the kitchen.”— Taylor Swift, taylorswiftdeclassified.tumblr.comTagged: Christmas