“are you happy, or are you not sad?”
― quote from Adultolescence
“everyone’s asking if i’m feeling okay. the truth is i’m always feeling this way. i’m just having a hard time disguising it today.”
― quote from Adultolescence
“LOTION have you ever received a gift that was placed inside of a box that was recycled from another, much more intriguing present? like, you pull back the pretty paper and you see iPad packaging, but then you open the lid, and inside is a lotion set? i meet a lot of people like that. exciting outside, disappointing inside. don’t be lotion.”
― quote from Adultolescence
“PUNISHMENT if you plan on giving someone the silent treatment, make sure they give a fuck about what you have to say”
― quote from Adultolescence
“LOVE i saw a very old man buying pads for a woman today. that’s the kind of love i want. old man buying feminine hygiene products kind of love.”
― quote from Adultolescence
“the thing about a smile is it can make somebody’s day.”
― quote from Adultolescence
“QUOTES “i’m not gonna lie.” —someone who’s about to lie “i hate drama.” —a very dramatic person “i don’t care what people think.” —an insecure individual “i’m not like other girls.” —a particularly predictable girl “i would like a snack.” —me”
― quote from Adultolescence
“is it “never give up on the one you love” or “if you love them, let them go” ’cause these quotes are getting confusing and, honestly, i just gotta know.”
― quote from Adultolescence
“I don't fear death.
I fear the end of all my thoughts and dreams
That will disappear into nothingness when I die.”
― quote from Adultolescence
“If there is life after death, indeed life before life, then it would make more sense to me for it is as though I have known you always, through time and space and despite all logic, I know you as I know myself, as no one else does.”
― Tami Egonu, quote from Bird
“Nonsense. Islam is unable to live at peace with anyone. We Arabs are the worst. We can’t live with the world, and even more terrible, we can’t live with each other. In the end it will not be Arab against Jews but Arab against Arab. One day our oil will be gone, along with our ability to blackmail. We have contributed nothing to human betterment in centuries, unless you consider the assassin and the terrorist as human gifts. The world will tell us to go to hell. We, who tried to humiliate the Jews, will find ourselves humiliated as the scum of the earth. Oh, put down that silly potsherd and let us have some coffee.”
― Leon Uris, quote from The Haj
“There are faerie lights in Faerie - not the tiny paper lanterns that you might see strung up high upon a tree, and not the fat neon fireflies that sprinkle the forests at night - no, these lights are actually the beings themselves, visible as just a pinpoint of light, like stars on the sky, the etheric beings grace our world with fleeting sparks of brilliant radiance.”
― Gabriel Brunsdon, quote from Azlander: Second Nature
“If I start to write down my feelings, isn't that the same as writing down my problems? Won't it be dangerous? What if then I feel like I need to tell someone my problems? Will they be angry? Will they leave? "It's just a book", I tell myself. "It's just a book and a book can't leave me. A book can't decide who it wants to be with. The worst that can happen is I don't do it anymore, right? I'll give it a try.”
― Cecily Anne Paterson, quote from Invisible
“Life isn't just about darkness or light, rather it's about finding light within the darkness.”
― quote from First Night of Summer
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