”The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

Ulysses S. Grant  (via quote-book)

Grant got it right.  Forget you, friends who only hang around me when I walk in the light.  To those who stand by me through thick and thin, bless you.  And thank you.

”Even after the entire world has taken me apart, there’s still a part of me left for you.

I Wrote This For You: The Remaining Me (via kari-shma)

”Some people meet the way the sky meets the earth, inevitably, and there is no stopping or holding back their love. It exists in a finished world, beyond the reach of common sense.

Louise Erdrich (via kari-shma)

”Some religions call life a dream, or a dreaming, but what if it is a memory? What if this new world isn’t new at all but a memory of a new world? What if we really do keep making the same mistakes again and again, never remembering the lessons to learn but never forgetting either that it had been different, that there was a pristine place? Perhaps the universe is a memory of our mistakes.

The Stone Gods, Jeanette Winterson (via helplesslyamazed)

(Source: quote-book)

”Most importantly, if you can at all avoid it, don’t be normal. Strive, burn and do everything you can to avoid being the industry standard. Even the highest industry standard. Be greater than anything anyone else has ever dreamed of you. Don’t settle for pats on the back, salary increases, a nod-and-a-smile. Instead, rage against the tepidness of the mundane with every fiber of whatever makes you, you. Change this place.

I Wrote This For You: The Defiance Of The Different (via kari-shma)