it was when I stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decided to be whole. ― Rupi Kaur

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All writing is a form of prayer.

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It is beautiful, it is endless, it is full and yet seems empty. It hurts us. ― Jackson Pearce

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As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class. - Patrick Stump

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To sense the peace of extinguished passion happiness in not knowing the ultimate knowledge. ― Dejan Stojanovic

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In every way that counted, I was dead. Inside somewhere maybe I was screaming and weeping and howling like an animal, but that was another person deep inside, another person who had no access to the lips and face and mouth and head, so on the surface I just shrugged and smile and kept moving. If I could have physically passed away, just let it all go, like that, without doing anything, stepped out of life as easily as walking through a door I would have done. But I was going to sleep at night and waking in the morning, disappointed to be there and resigned to existence. ― Neil Gaiman

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I can’t really act the way I want to act, or say what I want to say all the time. And a lot of times, I cover that up with a smile. ― Hilary Duff

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Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you. ― Steve Maraboli

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Out of all of the Spider-People, including Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy has the most over-developed sense of responsibility. - Seanan McGuire

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She was here on earth to make sense of its wild enchantments.

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