“Every once in a while she’ll get worked up and cry like that. But that’s O.K.. She’s letting out her feelings. The scary thing is not being able to do that. When your feelings build up and harden and die inside, then you’re in big trouble.”
— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
(via books-n-quotes)
“I’m caught between trying to live my life, and trying to run from it.”
— Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being A Wallflower (via books-n-quotes)
“I took up the practice of meditation. Each morning I sat on the floor in front of my sofa and chanted bits of old Latin prayers. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine. Each morning a vision came to me. Gradually I understood that these were naked glimpses of my soul.”
— Anne Carson, “Whacher” from Glass, Irony and God (via shewouldbuytheflowers)
“Hope is a powerful thing. Some say it’s a different breed of magic altogether. Elusive, difficult to hold on to. But not much is needed.”
— Stephanie Garber, Caraval
(via the-book-diaries)
