i think everything in life is art. what you do. how you dress. the way you love someone, and how you talk. your smile and your personality. what you believe in, and all your dreams. the way you drink your tea. how you decorate your home. or party. your grocery list. the food you make. how your writing looks. and the way you feel. life is art. - hbc

/i want to take the landscapes that i see inside my head and make them real in the outside world. i had a very rich inner world since i was a child. the first thing i remember was wanting to be a mermaid. /for me, the water was always a place of solace because i felt like it was that space between dream and reality where i would feel graceful and free. /for someone who's so open and exposed on stage in front of so many people, my alone time is actually so precious to me. that kind of grounding solitude is kind of essential to me. /being a creative person and getting older and wiser has been an awakening. the older i get, the more self-assured i feel and the more confident i feel in my work and in life. / i never used to notice the seasons. my life was too chaotic. i would blink and it would be a different season. and now i feel like i notice when the crocuses are coming up, and i notice when the snowdrops are appearing. in some ways, i'm always working on expressing myself. everything feels like a creative act. - florence welch

i don’t care to be pretty, blue shot back hotly, i care to look on the outside like i look on the inside. the raven cycle

remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. be curious. however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. it matters that you don’t just give up. -stephen hawking

everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. be kind. always. - skam (2015)

have courage and be kind. where there is kindness, there is goodness and where there is goodness, there is magic. - cinderella (2015)

and above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. those who don't believe in magic will never find it. - roald dahl

but still sometimes, when the wind is warm or the crickets sing... i dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for. i just want someone to love me. i want to be seen. practical magic (1998)

there are some things i know for certain: always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck, and fall in love whenever you can. - practical magic (1998)

we’re all born a witch. we’re all born into magic. it’s taken from us as we grow up. - madeleine l'engle

when you’re little, you learn how to see things that aren’t there. and when you grow up, you learn how to make them real. - thohh (2018)

take root in the ground, live in harmony with the wind, plant your seeds in the winter, and rejoice with the birds in the coming of spring. - castle in the sky (1986)

stop trying. take long walks. look at the scenery. doze off at noon. don’t even think about flying. and then, pretty soon you’ll be flying again. - kiki's delivery service (1989)

sensitive souls don’t have it easy in this cruel world. they feel like their souls are getting trampled on in so many ways. that’s why you see their eyes light up when they can caress a face or an animal, or breathe in the scent of a flower. - sereno sky

i used to dislike being sensitive. i thought it made me weak. but take away that single trait, and you take away the very essence of who i am. you take away my conscience, my ability to empathize, my intuition, my creativity, my deep appreciation for the little things, my vivid inner life, my deep awareness of others pain, and my passion for it all. - caitlin japa

her collarbones like wings spread from the base of her throat to the ends of her shoulders. a bird held down by skin. - arundhati roy

a bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for. - amit ray

so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. - jorge luis borges

i want to drink moonlight and bathe in flower petals. to wear the earth, sleep in streams, and taste the stars. my soul is wild, call me witch. - unknow

i have been a seeker and i still am, but i stopped asking the books and the stars. i started listening to the teachings of my soul. - rumi

i thought about what happiness is. i looked it up in the dictionary. happiness is a state of bring pleased, fulfilled, and content in life. i found that definition to be too long, so i decided to make it shorter. happiness. the state of being sufficient. - summer strike (2022)

for mom, the nature, cooking, and her love for me have been her little forest. i should find my own forest too. - little forest (2018)