You’ve felt it, haven’t you? Those feelings that seem to get so big in your chest, like something is so beautiful it aches?
— Heather Anastasiu, Glitch (via ileu)
I’m scared I’m going to spend the rest of my life in a state of yearning, regardless of where I am.
— Melina Marchetta, The Piper’s Son (via rebeccasusanne)
Millions of people have decided not to be sensitive. They have grown thick skins around themselves just to avoid being hurt by anybody. But it is at great cost. Nobody can hurt them, but nobody can make them happy either.
— Osho (via santini-houdini)
I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.
— Kurt Vonnegut, Unready to Wear (via drunkblogging)