"Lately, though, in ways she couldn’t properly explain, things had begun to change. She woke at night sometimes with an inexplicable tugging in her soul; a desire, like hunger, but for what she couldn’t say. Dissatisfaction, longing, a deep and yawning absence, but no idea of how to fill it. No idea of what it was she missed."
Kate Morton, The Distant Hours (via anditslove)
(Source: puckishlove, via teenage-genoc1de)
"That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are."
Paulo Coehlo (via the-healing-nest)
(via oscuras)
"Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as an escape."
Bell Hooks (via mishproductions)
(Source: ciciross, via quote-book)
"I don’t want people to matter to me too much. Sometimes it hurts too much to think about them. Ones you love who don’t love you, ones who are dead or hate you, ones who you think about but never get to be with. I like people ok but when I get too close, it fucks me up and I can’t get things done."
Henry Rollins, Smile, You’re Traveling (Black Coffee Blues Pt. 3)
(Source: outlawheartt, via eletheowl)
