“I am a day dreamer and a night thinker.”

— Unknown

“So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.”

— Unknown

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And when it's finally your turn, I hope you understand why the wait was necessary.

“Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.”

— Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“Don’t turn people into your home, or you’ll end up homeless.”

— Unknown

“Closing your eyes isn’t going to change anything. Nothing’s going to disappear just because you can’t see what’s going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That’s the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won’t make time stand still.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Going after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it may lead us to disappointment. But however costly it may be, it is never as high as the price paid by people who didn’t live.”

— Paul Coelho

“There’s that thing that can happen to you when you meet somebody and you don’t consider them extraordinary at all and then they do something like play the cello or write amazing poetry or sing and suddenly you look at them completely differently.”

— Yvonne Prinz, The Vinyl Princess

“I don’t care anymore, but sometimes, it hurts just a little.”

— Taya

Who you are becoming is more important than who you have been.

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”

— Unknown

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”

— Unknown

“Sometimes I find that music is so much more attractive than love. I don’t know… It’s like some kind of euphoria, that love can’t bring to you.”

— Florence Welch

“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”

— Ella Jane Fitzgerald

“I’d love to be in love.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Sometimes we meet someone and are with them for a short time, yet somehow we write about them forever.”

— jcatmoonlight

I love people who choose to be gentle with strong boundaries even after being hurt and mistreated. It takes a tremendous amount of courage to keep shining and caring despite encountering the darkness and cruelty within some people.