"Not everyone can feel things as deeply as you. Most people, their feelings are.. bland, tasteless. They'll never understand what it's like to read a poem and feel almost like they're flying, or to see a bleeding fish and feel grief shatters their heart."
- Juliann Garey, Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do.”
— Frida Kahlo
“When I met you, flowers started growing in the darkest parts of my mind.”
— Unkown
“I want to talk about what happened without mentioning how much it hurt. There has to be a way. To care for the wounds without reopening them. To name the pain without inviting it back into me.”
— Lora Mathis
“Sometimes you just have to stay silent because no words can explain what’s going on in your heart and mind.”
— Unknown
I’m a master of speaking silently, all my life I’ve spoken silently and I’ve lived through entire tragedies in silence.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“To make the right choices in life you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude - which most people are afraid of because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.”
— Deepak Chopra
when people from real life stumble upon your tumblr and you’re just
“Every person I’ve ever loved has some how become toxic to me. A living, breathing reminder of why I was always better off alone. I love too hard, too quickly and then sometimes I don’t love enough. I guess I’m just bad at love.”
— Kristie Betts
“Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.”
— James Hillman
“I learned the hard way that I cannot always count on others to respect my feelings - even if I respect theirs. Being a good person doesn’t guarantee that others will be good people. You only have control over yourself and how you choose to be as a person. As for others, you can only choose to accept them or walk away.”
— Unknown