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"Don’t you dare
Shrink yourself
For someone else’s comfort -
Do not become small
For people who refuse to grow."

- m.v., Advice to my future daughter, #2.  (via efidelity)

(via earth-and-skin)

"She scares the hell out of me and calms my soul at the same time. Maybe that’s what love is—a total contradiction that somehow balances out."

- Tammara Webber, Where You Are (via quotethat)

"I want to be beautiful, pure and real. I want to be stripped down to my weakest self, to my bare soul; no cover ups, just the truth, and I don’t need to be loved, I just want to be accepted. In my rawest form. In my very own truth. Maybe I want to be loved and to heal. They say some need time to heal… But I think I just want to be loved to heal. And I know it will take every ounce of courage to let that happen. Because we all put up walls, dress up our souls, and create something that doesn’t really exist. It’s so much easier that way. But I accept not being perfect… And I hope with all my heart, that I will be breathtaking… A dream… So I am ready to undress my soul… And let you in, for the last time."

- D.H.G (via quotethat)

"The best people all have some kind of scar."

- Kiera Cass, The One (via quotethat)

"Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful parts of us."

- David Richo (via quotethat)

"There are a million ways to bleed. But you are by far my favorite."

- Iain Thomas (via quotethat)

"When you grow a tree, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the tree. You look into the reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the tree, yet we blame our son. If we know how to take care of him, he will grow well, like a tree. Blaming has no effect at all. Never blame, never try to persuade using reason and arguments. They never lead to any positive effect. That is my experience. No argument, no reasoning, no blame, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change."

- Thích Nhất Hạnh, from Being Peace (via theyearofmindfulliving)

(Source: theyearofmindfulliving-blog)