“Life goes on…
Whether you choose to move on and take a chance in the unknown. Or stay behind, locked in the past, thinking of what could’ve been.”
-Sli
Fear
“No one is afraid of heights, they’re afraid of falling down. No one is afraid of saying I love you, they’re afraid of the answer.”
-Kurt Cobain
Seeking Love vs. Ambition
“And so it is of human life the goal to seek, forever seek, the kindred soul.”
but
“May the limitations of love not cast a spell on the serious ambitions of the mind.”
- You shouldn’t give up a chance at love in order to reach your goals
- You shouldn’t give up your dreams just for a chance at love
- Falling in love shouldn’t stop you from achieving those goals
- You shouldn’t have to choose between love and success
- But you do have the right to choose
*IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES- THE MIRABAL SISTERS
“When I choose to love someone, I am giving them a piece of my soul; but when they leave, they take that piece with them.”
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” -Soren Kierkegaard
Little Life Truths
When you are your true self in a relationship, you learn about the other person and experience the joy of self discovery at the same time.
Every person that passed through your life will give you something, good or bad. You gain life from people, even if they don’t end up staying in your life.
Our experiences define us.
When we know people care we also feel their love, and that increases our ability to love.
Trust is a matter of the heart.
In every person there is a certain level of depth.
Everyone wants a partner; to love, to share experiences with, to grow together, and to connect with on multiple levels.
You have to be compatible with another human being to make a sustainable love between yourself and them.
A Perspective On Teenagers
Quotes from: Stephen Marche
*I found Marche’s work to have a very unique and interesting perspective on teenagers. These are some of the pieces that stood out to me!
Teenagers are icons of purity in a corrupt adult world
Their only redemption is in the love they preserve against the despair everywhere around them
Beautiful not despite their absurdities but because of it
They are beautiful because they do not fit. They’re too much themselves and not enough
But actually they interpret us
In a way they are being denied adolescence
Teenagers grow up, develop a sense of humor, get married, have kids, move to the suburbs, and become boring.
A suburban life of blandness and boredom kills them before they’re even dead
“Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.”-Tim Cook
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