"he’s not perfect. you aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. but if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. he isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. don’t analyze. smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. love hard when there is love to be had. because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you." bob marley

let me be patient, let me be kind. make me unselfish without being blind. i may have faith to make mountains fall but if i lack love then i am nothing at all. lauryn hill

"twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. so throw off the bowlines. sail away from the safe harbour. catch the trade winds in your sails. explore. dream. discover." mark twain

we all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin. andré berthiaume

memories and thoughts age, just as people do. but certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade. haruki murakami

she lives the poetry she cannot write. oscar wilde

i want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night. sylvia plath

"there’s a loneliness that only exists in one’s mind. the loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly." f.scott fitzgerald

“it’s a funny thing coming home. nothing changes. everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. you realize what’s changed is you.” eric roth

"only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” albert einstein

"i’d cut my soul into a million different pieces just to form a constellation to light your way home. i’d write love poems to the parts of yourself you can’t stand. i’d stand in the shadows of your heart and tell you i’m not afraid of your dark." andrea gibson

"lately i’ve been thinking about who i want to love, and how i want to love, and why i want to love the way i want to love, and what i need to learn to love that way, and who i need to become to become the kind of love i want to be……and when i break it all down, when i whittle it into a single breath, it essentially comes out like this: before i die, i want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain i will keep it safe. i will keep it safe." andrea gibson