"Neatly As Novels" by Beau Taplin

We demand closure as though our lives were put together as neatly as novels, but the fact of the matter is they're not. In real life, relationships are messy and poorly written, ending too early or too late, and sometimes in the middle of a sentence.

The Shawshank Redemption, 1994

Truth is, I don't want to know.
Some things are best left unsaid.

"F***T-EUCH-ALLEE" von GROSSSTADTGEFLÜSTER

 

 

"By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept " by Paulo Coelho

I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first, it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love.

"On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense" by Friedrich Nietzsche

We believe that we know something about the things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers; and yet we possess nothing but metaphors for things — metaphors which correspond in no way to the original entities.

Some days, I feel everything at once.
Other days, I feel nothing at all.
I don't know what's worse―drowning
beneath the waves, or dying from the thirst.

John Green

Some people have lives;
some people have music.

"The Lies About Truth" by Courtney C. Stevens

I feel myself shutting down, closing off,
like I should tell people,
‘No, we don’t use this heart anymore. It’s too fragile.'

Rudy Francisco

I write best
when I am either,
falling in love,
or falling apart.

Try not to feel jealous about things,
or people or places.
It’s toxic. Just keep living.
You will find your happiness

"Verschwende mich" von OK KID

Sieben Minuten nach Mitternacht, 2016

Conor: Geschichten sind nicht die Wirklichkeit. Die bringen überhaupt nichts.
Monster: Geschichten sind wilde Geschöpfe, Conor O'Malley. Und einmal los gelassen,
          weiß keiner welche Verwüstung sie mit sich bringen.

"Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing" by Margaret Atwood

You think I'm not a goddess?
Try me.
This is a torch song.
Touch me and you'll burn.

(full poem here: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/helen-troy-does-countertop-dancing)

"Breathe" by Taylor Swift

People are people
and sometimes we change our minds.

Weltfriedenstag 2018

"Kind dieser Erde" von Volkan

Rafelina Michelle

The thing about me is you have to catch me while I care. Take 100% advantage of the time where I’m fully committed. I don’t know how to be someone that stays involved if it’s not reciprocated at the same time. My mind wanders, my heart loses interest … And by the time you realize, it's already too late. So the choice is yours but there’s not much time to spare, You can either miss me when I’m gone. Or make sure to catch me when I’m there.

Just Between Lovers, 2017

Even hearing your name
makes me tear up
from missing you.

Akif Kichloo

Some days are for falling in love with people,
some days for cities,
and some for your time in solitude.

Howard Thurman

Don't ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive,
and go do it.
Because what the world needs
is people
who have come alive.

Atticus

The bravest thing she ever did was stay alive each day.

Here is what they don't tell you:

Icarus laughed as he fell.
Threw his head back and
yelled into the winds,
arms spread wide,
teeth bared to the world.

(There is a bitter triumph
in crashing when you should be
soaring.)

The wax scorched his skin,
ran blazing trails down his back,
his thighs, his ankles, his feet.
Feathers floated like prayers
past his fingers,
close enough to snatch back.
Death breathed burning kisses
against his shoulders,
where the wings joined the harness.
The sun painted everything
in shades of gold.

(There is a certain beauty
in setting the world on fire
and watching from the centre
of the flames.)


(found on: tumblr)

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, 2017

You know I hate being uniform
like everyone else.

(An Min-Hyuk)

It's not about succeeding through other people's perspective
but through your own.

I'm Not a Robot, 2017

They say that originally the dust of stars
that gather together become people.
The star is inside you,
so why would you want to go look for it
externally?

(Hoktal)

Tomorrow With You, 2017

[That] I want to take pictures
because what you see is not everything.
What you see is not always real.
Everyone has something inside
that they don't show people.

Ghost in the Shell, 2017

Wenn wir unsere Einzigartigkeit als Vorteil sehen,
nur dann finden wir Frieden.

"A$AP Forever" by A$AP Rocky ft. Moby

 

(first heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTdilPIWkAM)

Gary Lew

this
is your
world.
shape it or
someone
else will.

Maza-Dohta

We age
not by
years,
but by
stories.

"Safe & Sound" by Sam Tsui & Kurt Schneider

 

Michaela Angemeer

i was waiting for you
but my self worth
showed up
instead

who knew you'd be so easy to replace

"Your Heart is not a Hospital" By Nikita Gill

Your body is not a first aid kit
for broken people
and damaged souls
and hearts that are too tired
to fix themselves.

Your heart is not a hospital
to rejuvenate
and spend all of its life blood
on other people's problems
and sadnesses.

You have been created
from the blood
of incalculable planets
and immense supernovas
and infinite constellations.

And they didn't spend years
painting your soul
into masterpiece-like existence
for you to waste it on someone
who doesn't appreciate you.

Shing Xiong

Letztendlich spielt es keine Rolle,
wie oft jemand geatmet hat,
sondern wie oft er vor Glück atemlos war.

"A Little Braver" by New Empire

Well we met each other at the house of runaways
I remember it perfectly
We were running on honesty

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRRSzYIA1xM)

I'm glad you stopped talking to me.
It's like the trash took itself out.