"I have never felt an overwhelming desire to do anything except eat tacos. Everything else is kind of like, oh I guess I ought to go to work now. Maybe I should join Netflix again to watch those new Arrested Developments. I have notions, I experiment and try things, and then end up feeling disappointed in those things and then I go eat tacos."
- Jim Behrle (via)
"Pilot says the big blue sky's like a swimmin' pool Big fluffy clouds like a feather bed I'd rather have a real pillow underneath my head Lyin' in my bed which is in my hometown Which is on the ground" - Indigo Girls, "Airplane"
"We have every reason to be optimistic in this world. You can't, you don't build out of pessimism or cynicism. You look with optimism, work with faith, and things happen. Things will work out. Keep trying. Be believing. Be happy. Don't get discouraged. Things will work out."
- Gordon B. Hinckley (via)
"A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people -- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book." - E. B. White
"A new 400-page report released Monday by the Pew Research Center confirmed that everyone—absolutely everyone—other than you is starting new, exciting phases of their lives and careers. 'Our results indicate that those around you are all turning a new leaf, moving forward to face a fresh challenge, and embarking on periods of immense personal and professional growth, while you on the other hand are in a phase of total stagnation, if not regression,' said head researcher." - The Onion, "Report: Everyone Starting New Exciting Stage Of Life Except You"
"I am over the passivity of good men. Where the hell are you? You live with us, father us, befriend us, brother us, get nurtured and mothered and eternally supported by us, so why aren't you standing with us? Why aren't you driven to the point of madness and action by the rape and humiliation of us?" - Eve Ensler
"Are we often weary, disheartened and sad? Do we feel weighed down by our sins? Do we think that we won't be able to cope? Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change, there is no sin which he cannot forgive if only we open ourselves to him." - Pope Francis
"We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see images." - John Gardner
"Francis projects an image of being incredibly loving and accepting. That footage of a little kid refusing to leave the Pope's side and instead of getting mad, Francis smiles and pats him on the head? Francis kissing the face of the disfigured man? Francis washing people's feet at a youth penal colony? Francis talking, one-on-one, to anyone? Literally anyone? I hate hugs, but Francis is at the top of my Hug List. DTHug."
- Erin Gloria Ryan (via)
“When you wish for something over and over again and it doesn't come true, something else happens; not only do you give up, but you resent your wish and you resent wishing.” - Elna Baker, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance
"If you desire a further witness, cast your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart, that you might know concerning the truth of these things."
- Doctrines & Covenants 6:22
"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone." - Rose Kennedy
"You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make." - Gordon B. Hinckley
“When it comes to the subject it's best to understand that white people do not recognize public transit as a viable option until a subway line is built that runs directly from their house to their work."
-Christian Lander, Stuff White People Like