“Wish you could turn off the questions, turn off the voices, turn off all sound. Yearn to close out the ugliness, close out the filthiness, close out all light. Long to cast away yesterday, cast away memory, cast away all jeapordy. Pray you could somehow stop uncertainty, somehow stop the loathing, somehow stop the pain.” – Ellen Hopkins
“Choctaws and Chickasaws are renowned for their ability to rebuild. It was their reaction to the fire that helped me understand that there is honour in all things. We seemed to manifest nature itself, as re-creators,” she says softly. “Chaos and destruction serve a purpose you know.” – Ezol Miko Kings by LeAnne Howe
“No. That’s not the word. I had a vision of what I wanted to do, and how I wanted to do it. An idea, a vision for which I was prepared to make any sacrifice but not any compromise. I was born determined.” – Karl Lagerfeld
“I don’t believe in failure. Because simply by saying you’ve failed, you’ve admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them.” – Sarah Dessen
“It’s like the guys you have a great second date with and then never hear from again…..I pretend they died!” – Miranda Hobbes
“They say that with knowledge comes power, so it’s safe to say the inverse is also true. With no knowledge comes vulnerability. What we don’t know about the people we love or what we don’t know about love period can be scary. But maybe that fear is okay. What is out there that’s unknown can propel us to do more.” – Carrie Bradshaw
“She didn’t know what she thought. Was Elphaba devil’s spawn? Was she half-elf? Was she punishment for her father’s failure as a preacher, or for her mother’s sloppy morals and bad memory? Or was she merely a physical ailment, a blight like a misshapen apple or a five-legged calf? Nanny knew her worldview was foggy and chaotic. Perhaps, thought Nanny, little green Elphaba chose her own sex, and her own colour, and to hell with her parents.” – Gregory Maguire
“Follow your intuition, be smart , be brave , tell the truth and don’t take any shit.” Kelly Cutrone
“Maintain your optimism: don’t let the toxicity of your environment—a college major you don’t love, competitive friends, petty coworkers, etc etc—take it away from you. It is one of your defining qualities. *Learn to say no—and don’t be afraid to speak up: if you don’t speak up for yourself, you can’t expect others to pipe up for you. Be braver. *Be better with money. Really. You’ll need it when you move back to NYC. *Say yes to adventure, to (calculated) risk, to possibilities. The latter is something I’ve learned in spades since eighteen, but especially in the last few years of my career. Taking every meeting, being open to new opportunities and not being shackled by unwarranted fear or hesitation. This life we lead is short and fleeting…Listen: eighteen feels like it was yesterday to me. I remember everything about it from my poor fashion decisions (haha) to my general cluelessness and the occasional waves of trepidation about what the future would bring. Today, I am eighteen + ten + then some. Time flies, really it does, …
“Discipline? Oh, I have none. I’m just pleased with what I’m doing, and I’m lucky to do it in great conditions and with people I like…perhaps that is my suggestion: If you do something that you love, you don’t need to force yourself to do it. Love and discipline. Are they that different?” –Karl Lagerfeld
“Wearing black on New Year’s Eve is a bit like wearing a tasteful sheath to Mardi Gras. Why? You have free rein to go full glam, so work it.” – Nina Garcia
“Mentally ill people are everywhere. But when you are raised in the US where a gun is more accessible than mental health care. Shit is going to happen.” – Kelly Oxford I would like to add, why are reporters interviewing the children at the Connecticut elementary school. It’s disgusting, lazy journalism. Even more disgusting, this is actually available at Wal-Mart….. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bushmaster-M4A3-.223-REM-16-Patrol-Carbine/19235996 Gun laws in America are way over due.
“The majority of those who died today were children – beautiful, little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them – birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own…as a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it is an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago, these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods and these children are our children. And we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics…may God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.” – Barack Obama
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