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memento vivere.

So therefore I dedicate myself to myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger- because I cannot dedicate myself to any fellow being.
Jack Kerouac  (via soaphie)

(Source: larmoyante, via theuniverseunderground)

Where did that confidence go?

It was there two days ago. 

I can tell you where it went: Out the window with my maturity Saturday night.

Having to sit with your thoughts and deal with yourself is tough. It is part of growing up. I do not feel right with myself. I do not feel “okay.”

To quote Alice in Wonderland,  ”I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, Sir, because I’m not myself you see.”

I will figure it out. I will overcome this. I won’t make the same mistakes again. I’ll be more mature. I just wish it didn’t come with experience.  That these were just things I could deal with myself, as an observer.

Hard lessons.

I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: ‘not sexy,’ ‘not funny,’ ‘too intense,’ desperate.’ All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn’t a trace of my true self left.
definitelydope: Sunrise over Mount Rainier (by jd_hiker)
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
Rose Kennedy (via ahorton92)

(Source: quote-book)

unvivid: lusture: wow really needed this Shit me too

onlygetwhatyougive:

“So much of our experience is intangible. So much of what we perceive cannot be expressed. It’s unspeakable. And yet you know, when we communicate with one another and we feel that we have connected and we think that we’re understood I think we have a feeling of almost spiritual communion. And that feeling might be transient, but I think it’s what we live for.” - “Words are Inert” - Waking Life (2001)

(via lovelyplanislovely)

I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process.
Diane Nyad  (via elige)

(Source: freyjageist, via elige)

Your objective is to avoid being on a string. The first step, I think, is to get over the fear of losing a man by confronting him. Just stop being afraid, already. If putting your requirements on the table means you risk him walking away, it’s a risk you have to take, because that fear can trip you up every time. All too many of you let the guy get away with disrespecting you, putting in minimal effort and holding on to the commitment to you because you’re afraid he’s going to walk away and you’ll be alone again.
Steve Harvey (via rockandrollandrustic)
vahc: All his life he believed the lies white men had told him. He believed that black was ugly and a punishment from God, although he could not guess what his sin must have been. So he spent his entire life being cold when white men were warm, and being hungry when white men were fed. It seemed to him to be the natural order of things, although he could not guess why he should be punished. And when I told him it was not true, he would not believe me. It was too late. by Duane Michals, Black is Ugly, 1974
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