Mark Twain

Never allow someone to be your priority
while allowing yourself to be their option.

Sue Zhao

You have so much to give
and one day you will learn
to give it to the right people.

S. C. Lourie

Just for the record darling,
not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.

The Secret Life of My Secretary, 2019

Don't blame me for your expectations.
Expectations are nothing but false hope.

 - Do Min Ik

"Why" by NF

I don't trust the thoughts that come inside my head (woo!)
I don't trust this thing that beats inside my chest
Who I am and who I wanna be cannot connect; why?
[...]
I push away the people that I love the most; why?
I don't want no one to know I'm vulnerable; why?
That makes me feel weak and so uncomfortable; why?
Stop askin' me questions, I just wanna feel alive
Until I die —
[...]
I'm a busy person, got no time for lies
[...]
A lot of people know me, but not a lot know me well
Hold my issues up for all to see, like show and tell
A lot of people know me, but they don't know me well

"Pink in the Night" by Mitski

I glow pink in the night in my room
I've been blossoming alone over you

And I hear my heart breaking tonight
I hear my heart breaking tonight
Do you hear it too?
It's like a summer shower
With every drop of rain singing
"I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you!"

I could stare at your back all day
I could stare at your back all day

And I know I've kissed you before, but
I didn't do it right
Can I try again, try again, try again
Try again, and again, and again
And again, and again, and again

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-B5yr2zyY0)

"Calm Down" by G-Eazy

So bitch, come and say to my face you don't like me

 

"I Mean It" by G-Eazy

Listen, I'm tellin' you,
it's my world,
I does what I wish to

If you're mad
well, too bad
sounds like a
personal issue

"Cellophane" by FKA twigs

American Gods, 2019

Shadow Moon: Du hast mich nachdenken lassen. 1933 befreite Roosevelt die USA vom
             Goldstandard, richtig?

Mr. Wednesday: Ja, und?

Shadow Moon: Man kann nicht in einer Bank Geld gegen Gold oder Silber tauschen. Du sagtest,
             Geld sei der mächtigste Gott in Amerika, aber Geld ist eigentlich gar nichts Wert.

Mr. Wednesday: [nimmt einen 1 Dollar Schein] Ich habe hier ein Stück Papier. Aber ich will
               diesen Salzstreuer. Du besitzt den Salzstreuer, aber du bist bereit ihn gegen
               mein Stück Papier jetzt einzutauschen. Und wieso solltest du das tun? Ganz
               einfach. Weil das hier eigentlich kein Stück Papier ist, sondern eine
               Geschichte. Eine Geschichte, die du wieder und wieder und wieder gehört hast.
               Dir wurde eingehämmert, dass das hier etwas Wert ist, dass es wertvoll ist.
               Egal, welches Land, welche Kultur oder Religion, die ganze Welt liebt  G e l d.
               Die größte Geschichte, die je erzählt wurde.

Virginia Woolf

The weather varies between heavy fog and pale sunshine;
My thoughts follow the exact same process.

[Diary entry dated 21 April 1918]

Brotherhood, Vibe XXIV 2019

• Wide View

• Front Row

"Richtig Gutes Zeug" von Deichkind

V, 10.12.2017, Korea - (Burn The Stage: The Movie, 2018)

I've learned to look back and
appreciate my times of trial
as they are also what made me.

RM, 13.03.2017, Chile - (Burn The Stage: The Movie, 2018)

Looking for answers
when there aren't any,
but we still learn.
Isn't that what life is about?

Smile with your teeth darling.

Do not be afraid to show the world 

that you would eat it whole.

Purple Buddha Quotes

Maybe home is nothing but
two arms holding you tight
when you're at your worst.

(found here)

"Baby Come Back" by Player

Victoria Erickson

If you inherently long for something,
become it first.

  If you want gardens, become the gardener. 

  If you want love, embody love. 

  If you want mental stimulation, change the conversation. 

  If you want peace, exude calmness. 

  If you want to fill your world with artists, begin to paint. 

  If you want to be valued, respect your own time. 

  If you want to live ecstatically, find the ecstasy within yourself. 

This is how to draw it in,
day by day,
inch by inch.

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim? (2018)

I want to be in the kind of relationship
where I feel like the tiredness of my day
gets washed off just
by hugging you once
even if you don't make
my heart flutter
every second.

Mahatma Gandhi

You never know what results will come from your action.
But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

The Beauty Inside (2012)

"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami

You're not a kid anymore. You have the right to choose your own life. You can start again. If you want a cat, all you have to do is choose a life in which you can have a cat. It's simple. It's your right.

"Things The Grandchildren Should Know" by Mark Oliver Everett

Maybe I don't like people as much as the rest of
the world seems to... But occasionally, people will
pleasantly surprise me and I'll fall in love with
them, so go figure.

D. Antoinette Foy

I wear the universe backwards. I imagine putting stars in my coffee, and sugar in the sky. I imagine going fishing in clouds, and watching the sun hide behind lakes. I'm too busy dancing with my imagination to even tip toe with reality for a second. They say I'm going mad. They're right.

"The Selected Essays" by Jean-Paul Sartre

Every word has consequences.
Every silence, too.

"Hunger Makes Me" by Jess Zimmerman

The low-maintenance woman, the ideal woman, has no appetite. This is not to say that she refuses food, sex, romance, emotional effort; to refuse is petulant, which is ironically more demanding. The woman without appetite politely finishes what's on her plate, and declines seconds. She is satisfied and satisfiable.

A man's appetite can be hearty, but a woman with an appetite is always voracious: her hunger always overreaches, because it is not supposed to exist. If she wants food, she is a glutton. If she wants sex, she is a slut. If she wants emotional care-taking, she is a high-maintenance bitch or, worse, an “attention whore”: an amalgam of sex-hunger and care-hunger, greedy not only to be fucked and paid but, most unforgivably of all, to be noticed.

Nikita Gill

You are no one's
other half.

You are a whole,
an enough,
a complete being
in and of yourself.

Falling in love
with someone
should never ever
change that about you.

Two wholes make a whole.
Don't let society's silly sayings
tell you anything
otherwise.

"The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need.
First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door.
Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.
Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.
Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.

David Budbill

Tomorrow we are bones and ash,
the roots of weeds poking through our skulls.
Today, simple clothes,
empty mind, full stomach,
alive, aware, right here, right now.
Drunk on music, who needs wine?
Come on, Sweetheart, let's go dancing
while we've still got feet.

"The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac" by Mary Oliver

[...]
I know, you never intended to be in this world.
But you're in it all the same.

So why not get started immediately.

I mean, belonging to it.
There is so much to admire, to weep over.

And to write music or poems about.

Bless the feet that take you to and fro.
Bless the eyes and the listening ears.
Bless the tongue, the marvel of taste.
Bless touching.
[...]

Nicole Addison

If you love something, don't rush it.
Allow yourself to feel it.
Embrace it.
Let its essence touch your heart, and
light up your world in the most wondrous of ways.
To love is a beautiful feeling,
so allow for this experience to unfold for you.