aubreyroad

• 2013-05-18

  Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life—is the source from which self-respect springs.

  — Joan Didion

• 2013-04-24

  Freedom is not given to us by anyone
  we have to cultivate it ourselves.
  It is a daily practice.

  — Thich Nhat Hanh (via awelltraveledwoman)

  (via awelltraveledwoman)

  Source: yogachocolatelove

• 2013-04-23

  When you are recognized, it is an expression of love; when a present is given to you, it is an expression of love; when someone communicates to you, it is an expression of love; when someone smiles at you, it is an expression of love. All these are expressions of love.

  — Yogi Bhajan

• 2013-04-02

  Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it - that is your punishment, but if you never know, then you can be anything. There is a truth to that. We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - and I never know what I am going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.

  —  Stephen Fry  (via thatkindofwoman)

  (via thatkindofwoman)

  Source: lyblac

• 2013-03-28

  It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

  — Joseph Campbell

• 2013-03-26

  I was by myself for a pretty long time. I needed to do that. I think everyone that I know has wanted to do that or needed to do that at some point. I think when you spend enough time when it’s quiet around you and you don’t open your mouth for three or four days, there’s parts of your brain that can kind of rest. I think when we’re out in the world and we have to talk to people, we edit ourselves. You know, we have to like, act a little bit. As honest as we may be as humans, when we’re out here, we’re all kind of wearing mirrors on our faces. You know, constantly reacting to how to react to the people around you. And I think when you’re alone for a long enough time, you can feel a lot more peace.

  — Justin Vernon (via awelltraveledwoman)

  (via awelltraveledwoman)

  Source: allyourloveiswasted

• 2013-03-24

  Fear never helps relationships.

  — Stevie Nicks

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  Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets, your bad dreams, your shoes, your nouns. Take me to your fingers.

  — Margaret Atwood, Good Bones  (via thatkindofwoman)

  (via thatkindofwoman)

  Source: larmoyante

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  You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

  — Thich Nhat Hanh (via phmancus)

  (via thatkindofwoman)

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  I think things are beautiful when you don’t plan them, and you don’t have any expectations, and you’re not trying to get somewhere in particular.

  — Alison Mosshart (via modernhepburn)

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  Source: lesavions