(via xxfluorescentadolescent)

Source: this--too--shall--pass

"It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn’t have something in the first place. I guess that’s what disappointment is, a sense of loss for something you never had."

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"Sometimes you don’t know you’ve crossed a line until you’re already on the other side."

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"You can be happy tomorrow. You can be happy when you get through your list of things to do. You can be happy when you meet the one. You can be happy when you get the right job. You can be happy when you get that raise. You can be happy when you stop buying the things you need and start buying the things you want. You can be happy when you retire. You can be happy when the weather suits you. You can be happy on a plane. You can be happy in the rain. Or you can stop reading this, take a deep breath, and be happy right now."

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"She smiles like everyone expects her to. She’s living up to the expectation of never letting anything get to her. But something’s wrong with that smile today. Congratulations, kid. You got to her."

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"I want that monologue. I want you to speed down I-95 and catch me in the pouring rain. I want you to stop me, spin me around, and say everything that you’ve been holding back. I want you to say you’ve picked up on the little things. The way I look at the floor when I’m embarrassed or talk loud to get your attention. The way I try to be that girl for you. I want you to notice and I want to hear about how much you like it."

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The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that, during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn’t, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there.

-Monica Baldwin