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And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can’t ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it’s already happened.
Douglas Coupland
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I am not the first person you loved. You are not the first person I looked at with a mouthful of forevers. We have both known loss like the sharp edges of a knife. We have both lived with lips more scar tissue than skin. Our love came unannounced in the middle of the night. Our love came when we’d given up on asking love to come. I think that has to be part of its miracle.
This is how we heal. I will kiss you like forgiveness. You will hold me like I’m hope. Our arms will bandage and we will press promises between us like flowers in a book. I will write sonnets to the salt of sweat on your skin. I will write novels to the scar of your nose. I will write a dictionary of all the words I have used trying to describe the way it feels to have finally, finally found you.
And I will not be afraid of your scars.
I know sometimes it’s still hard to let me see you in all your cracked perfection, but please know: whether it’s the days you burn more brilliant than the sun or the nights you collapse into my lap your body broken into a thousand questions, you are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. I will love you when you are a still day. I will love you when you are a hurricane.
Clementine von Radics
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You don't test a gentle person the way that you don't steep tea for too long. Submerge me and I will imbue, and what was sweet will be bitter. I will be strong on your tongue and unpleasant to the taste, and you'll regret drowning me in your guile.
My gentleness is not for your taking.
N.T.
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There is no passion to be found playing small ― in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela
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You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.
Augusten Burroughs
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Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe; no less than the trees and the stars, you have the right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labours and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all its sham drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, Desiderata
#quotes#desiderata#max ehrmann#strive to be happy#broken#soul#fear#caution#remember#peace#silence#truth#speak#listen#gracefully#stories#beauty
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She's my person. If I murdered someone, she's the person I'd call to help me drag the corpse across the floor.
Cristina Yang (Grey's Anatomy)
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I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life. I've learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life.” I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
#quotes#maya angelou#life#life lessons#living#profound#never forget#no matter what#never ever forget#words to consider
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The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains.
Arthur Golden
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And it has been one hell of a year. I have worn the seasons under my sleeves, on my thighs, running down my cheeks. This is what surviving looks like, my dear.
Michelle K, It Has Been One Hell of a Year
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I won’t glorify or romanticise heartbreak. For me, it was a kind of death and I was forced to keep living.
Warsan Shire
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My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing, and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
Anthony Hopkins
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This is how you lose her.
You lose her when you forget to remember the little things that mean the world to her: the sincerity in a stranger’s voice during a trip to the grocery store, the delight of finding something lost or forgotten like a sticker from when she was five, the selflessness of a child giving a part of his meal to another, the scent of new books in the store, the surprise short but honest notes she tucks in her journal and others you could only see if you look closely.
You must remember when she forgets.
You lose her when you don’t notice that she notices everything about you: your use of the proper punctuation that tells her continuation rather than finality, your silence when you’re about to ask a question but you think anything you’re about to say to her would be silly, your mindless humming when it is too quiet, your handwriting when you sign your name in blank sheets of paper, your muted laughter when you are trying to be polite, and more and more of what you are, which you don’t even know about yourself, because she pays attention.
She remembers when you forget.
You lose her for every second you make her feel less and less of the beauty that she is. When you make her feel that she is replaceable. She wants to feel cherished. When you make her feel that you are fleeting. She wants you to stay. When you make her feel inadequate. She wants to know that she is enough and she does not need to change for you, nor for anyone else because she is she and she is beautiful, kind and good.
You must learn her.
You must know the reason why she is silent. You must trace her weakest spots. You must write to her. You must remind her that you are there. You must know how long it takes for her to give up. You must be there to hold her when she is about to.
You must love her because many have tried and failed. And she wants to know that she is worthy to be loved, that she is worthy to be kept.
And, this is how you keep her.
Junot Diaz (This Is How You Lose Her)
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The thing is – when bad things happen, they usually come in chains – series, until the ultimate sacrifice and take is made. Everyone is born with a specific number, and when their number is called – it is their time to go. It doesn’t matter how blessed you are, or what a good person you are. There’s nothing anyone can do to stop it.
Conversations Between Us (via mangosonata)
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Someone once told me, “First impressions are everything. Conversations are the rest”.
Conversations Between Us
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TYPHOON HAIYAN RIPS THROUGH CENTRAL PHILIPPINES
Typhoon Haiyan is a Category 5 storm, the strongest typhoon of 2013 and said to be the “most powerful ever” to make landfall (with winds near 195-200 mph). Perspective: Superstorm Sandy was at 95mph when it hit New Jersey; Hurricane Katrina at 129mph when it hit land.
Pre-emptive evacuations affect more than 161,000 families or more than 790,000 people in 37 provinces
Typhoon Haiyan as seen from space
Haiyan makes 6 landfalls - it affected an island chain in the central Philippines, making landfall in six islands. It gained wind power as it traversed through waters in between.
Haiyan traverses areas affected by magnitude 7.1 earthquake - The earthquake left more than 200 dead dead on October 16; 1000 injured; 350,000 displaced. The survivors have been living in tents and evacuation areas. It passed through Leyte, Samar, Cebu (2.5 million residents), among others. All with densely populated cities, some of which are the poorest provinces in the country.
100 people killed in Tacloban — first estimate of casualties in the city reported today, November 9. Because the communication lines are down, the news centers have yet to take stock of the full extent of the damage. But the numbers are still expected to rise. The devastation was described as if a tsunami had wracked through it.
2:03PM 11/9: An estimated 4 million people have been affected by the typhoon
4:20PM 11/9: 90% of Baco Town in Oriental Mindoro flooded
4:55 PM 11/9: Bodies still scattered in Leyte as Visayas in shock
5:19PM 11/9: Negros Occidental under a state of calamity
7:34PM 11/9: Local officials expect the number of bodies found in Tacloban to reach 500
eta: 7:45PM 11/9: Iloilo and Palawan declare state of calamity
eta: 8:04PM 11/9: Update: 134 reported dead
eta: 8:30PM 11/9: Thousands homeless in Ormoc, Leyte
The victims need all the help they can get. Cities have been leveled, buildings made of concrete were destroyed by strong winds and storm surges. Communications have yet to be reestablished in most of the areas affected by the typhoon. The full picture left behind by Haiyan has yet to be established yet the devastation reported on television is already extensive. The government is bracing for large-scale relief operations. Virtually 1/3 of the country has been ravaged by this natural disaster. And we need help.
HOW THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN HELP
donations via the Philippine Red Cross (including PayPal)
donations via Habitat for Humanity
donations via ANCOP Foundation USA
eta: donations via UNICEF Philippines
eta2: donations via CARE Australia
eta2: donations via Caritas Internationalis
eta2: donations via GMA Network (credit card, cash, check)
eta2: donations via World Vision
eta2: donations via AmeriCares
eta2: donations via Samaritan’s Purse (Canada)
eta2: donations via Canadian Red Cross (or you can text REDCROSS or ROUGE to 30333 to donate $5)
FOR THOSE IN THE PHILIPPINES
text donations via Globe
Red Cross and DSWD relief operations (infographic)
list of ongoing relief operations via Rappler
donations via ABS-CBN News
eta: relief operations via University of the Philippines
eta: relief operations via the Department of Education
eta: pick-up locations for donations via Air 21
HOW TO FILE FOR MISSING PERSONS
via GMA Network
eta: via Philippine Red Cross
eta: via Google Person Finder
Please reblog and add other details I might’ve missed!
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Live on The Voice: Say Something - A Great Big World (feat. Christina Aguilera)
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