quotes – I'm a defeatist but I don't have to be

onlinecounsellingcollege:

“You are not just here to fill space or be a background character in someone else’s movie. Consider this: nothing would be the same if you did not exist. Every place you have ever been and everyone you have ever spoken to would be different without you. We are all connected, and we are all affected by the decisions and even the existence of those around us.”

— David Niven

godkinoscarisaac:

“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”

— Carrie Fisher on pursuing dreams despite mental illness [X] (via khanos)

notesontheway:

Heading to DC for #marchforourlives this weekend, and stumbled upon this post from a year ago. Seems fitting, doesn’t it? Reminds my heart to stay both soft and engaged.

Source: notesontheway

kurozu501:

“To those who are losing a lot of their will to create in the wake of President Tyrant:
Don’t let him and his orcs win. People NEED your books, stories, poems, paintings, jewelry, dolls, knitting, tapestries, vases, weaving, dishes, every creation that comes from your hands. Every creation is a punch back at the haters and the heartless. Every word puts hope or thought or dreams or solace or fire into those who read it.
You become a different voice from the bullyraggers and the foolish; your ideals, wishes and convictions reach your audience, whether they are reading Dr. Seuss or James Joyce. You convey food for hope and imagination whether you realize it or not, and the most innocuous-seeming work gives those who partake of it something to go on with.
Keep soldiering on. Comedian or philosopher, baker or glassblower, writer of tomes or fan fiction, you’re needed now more than ever.”

— Tamora Pierce (via withaliensandrainbows)

“You need to do the same, dear sweet arrogant beautiful crazy talented tortured rising star glowbug. That you’re so bound up about writing tells me that writing is what you’re here to do…I want to know what you have inside you. I want to see the contours of your second beating heart.

So write…Not like a girl. Not like a boy. Write like a motherfucker.”

Cheryl Strayed (via parsingbeauty)

Source: parsingbeauty

There was a thoughtful pause in the conversation as the assembled Brethren mentally divided the universe into the deserving and the undeserving, and put themselves on the appropriate side.

Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett

Amazing how Pratchett can get to the heart of human nature in a single sentence.

(via indigoire)

Source: indigoire

I keep waiting to be treated badly. Does anyone else do this? Literally every day I think, Today is the day when things will change, when I will overstay my emotional welcome, when this person will decide that treating me well is beyond what I deserve. Every nicety, every act of kindness feels like something I need to lock in a vault. It all makes me realize that my threshold for being treated decently was desperately low for like, all of my adult life. I am full of great advice and lofty standards for my friends. Do this, don’t put up with that. When it comes to myself, it’s like, well, you’re garbage so the rules aren’t the same for you. I get mad at myself when I realize this, when I realize how passive I can be, how I try to be invisible in my own life, how I try to not take up space or require anyone else’s attention or energy.

Roxane Gay, “The Kale Was Talking Shit to Me” (via aeide-thea)

Source: roxanegay