July 2012
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”
—African Proverb
“I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the world turns and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you. I love you. With all my heart, I love you.”
—Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
“It was pleasant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading in the empty house in the afternoons.”
—Roald Dahl (via theoceanislikeyou)
“It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”
—The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (via hygm-thesunandthemoon)