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“In the life cycle of a theory, it starts off simple and then gets fancier and fancier, as brainy thinkers mount objections and the theory's proponents develop more subtle, complex, and well-defended theory to stave them off. Then it dies. Actually, before it dies, it lives in a special preserve for theories too complicated to survive in the wild, called a university.”
― Eric Kaplan, Does Santa Exist?: A Philosophical Investigation

“Reading is a bit like hallucinating.”
― Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall

“Mental illness turns people inwards. That's what I reckon. It keeps up forever trapped by the pain of our own minds, in the same way that the pain of a broken leg or a cut thumb will grab your attention, holding it so tightly that your good leg or your good thumb seem to cease to exist.”
― Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall

“Some madness doesn't act mad to begin with, sometimes it will knock politely at the door, and when you let it in, it'll simply sit in the corner without a fuss - and grow.”
― Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie

“Accept who you are; and revel in it.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“Love wins, love always wins.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“Don't let go too soon, but don't hold on too long.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“lust isn’t love but lust is just one of the many ways by which i love you”
― Edgar Holmes, Her Favorite Color Was Yellow

“do you feel that? the cackling energy in the space between our fingertips as if the universe is begging for us to touch”
― Edgar Holmes, Her Favorite Color Was Yellow

“If you were a novel, you’d be an adventure of sadness and happiness and love lost in between.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“Perhaps it’s just easier to smile and pretend everything is fine, rather than admit my heart’s a little swollen from losing something that wasn’t even mine.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“Sometimes sadness does not have a source. There is no immediate solution, no escape plan from its clutches. Instead, you learn to coincide, as though sadness is an old friend who needs a gentle nudge in the right direction.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“When did you become so tired of us?”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“I still feel the aches you left behind, even after all the time you have been gone. This heart of mine has been broken before, but this emptiness has never left me quite as sore.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“Is that why you play the music so loud? A beat to drown out the thoughts, sound so high you cannot think, lyrics so close to home you don’t even blink.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“How does loneliness still exist with all these souls in the world?”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“I'd rather live with the answer than die with the question.”
― pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You

“You had this expression on your face, like you weren’t quite sure you were supposed to be on Earth.”
― pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You

“That’s what it feels like when you touch me. Like millions of tiny universes being born and then dying in the space between your finger and my skin. Sometimes I forget.”
― Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You

“But the world is exhausted, and the only wealth we have left is love.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“Keep in mind that part of growing up is dealing with difficult issues, and the benefits can be great if you have the courage to ask for help. Human beings are not designed to go through life alone. No one has to bear the burden of tough times all by themselves.”
― Jack Canfield

“Was I a secret not worth sharing
Or
Was I a fact not worth telling?”
― Dawn Lanuza, The Last Time I'll Write About You

“You are the dream
But I’ve had wake up calls”
― Dawn Lanuza, The Last Time I'll Write About You

“We are made of all those who have built and broken us.”
― Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild

“She conquered her demons and wore her scars like wings. ”
― Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild

“Watch carefully
the magic that occurs
when you give a person
enough comfort
to just be themselves.”
― Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild

“There is nothing
prettier in the
whole wide world
than a girl
in love
with every breath she takes.”
― Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild