"sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith." margaret shepard
"she had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering." henry james
"nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." maria robinson
"you will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. that is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place." miriam adeney
"fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me." arianna huffington
"to stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will drag you along like a wild river." eckhart tolle
"mistakes are the portals of discovery." james joyce
"more than anything I want to trust a journey that I don't understand." terri st. cloud
"staying real is one of the most courageous battles we'll ever fight." brené brown
"dear life,
do you want to hang out tonight?
I should warn you that I will not be wearing any make-up and my hair is dirty.
if you can handle that, call me.
yours, miranda july."
"wir ändern uns, weil wir uns den anforderungen des lebens anpassen. und wir bleiben, wer wir sind, weil wir dies auf die uns eigene art und weise tun." franz neyer & judith lehnart in der zeit
"freiheit bedeutet verantwortlichkeit; das ist der grund, warum die meisten menschen sich vor ihr fürchten." george bernard shaw
"I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. nobody knows what’s at the bottom. all you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while." haruki murakami
"she could never go back and make some of the details pretty. all she could do was move forward and make the whole beautiful." terri st. cloud
"manchmal lieben wir nur mit der hoffnung. manchmal weinen wir mit allem
außer tränen. und am ende bleiben nur: liebe und ihre pflicht, trauer
und ihre wahrheit. am ende haben wir nichts anderes - nichts anderes,
woran wir uns festhalten können, bis der morgen dämmert." gregory david roberts. shantaram
"the world is gonna judge you no matter what you do, so live your life the way you fucking want to."
"comparison is the thief of joy." theodore roosevelt
"time and silence are the most luxurious things today." tom ford
"don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally." david frost
"alles ist sehr ungewiss, und das finde ich
beruhigend." tove jansson. winter im mumintal
"in between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed." sid caesar
"because fear kills everything. your mind, your heart, your imagination." cornelia funke
"all I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life - where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it." miranda july
"courage doesn't always roar. sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" mary anne radmacher
"keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." walt whitman
"at times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. all you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey." lemony snicket
"it is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are in this moment, without any self-deception or illusion, that a light can develop to which the path to success will be recognized." i ching
"die zeit ist vergangen, wie hier jeder tag vergeht, seit der ort keine grenzen mehr hat: jemand hat die stunden wegradiert, und nun hocken sie
da in den lauwarmen resten des tages herum, morgen ist erst nach dem
aufstehen, sie ahnen die dämmerung, die bereits hinten am staudamm
lungert." bevor alles verschwindet. annika scheffel
"so viel weiß ich nun schon: es gibt eine objektive zeit, aber auch eine subjektive zeit, und die trägt man innen am handgelenk, direkt am puls. und diese persönliche zeit ist die wahre zeit, und ihr maß ist das persönliche verhältnis zur erinnerung." julian barnes. vom ende einer geschichte
"halt dich ans jetzt, ans hier, durch das alle zukunft sich in die vergangenheit stürzt." james joyce. ulysses
"always do what you are afraid to do." ralph waldo emerson