too much...

"TOO MUCH POSITIVE CAN BE DETRIMENTAL. 

TOO MUCH NEGATIVE CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE."

~   ERIK ERIKSON 

unknown source, anyone- via here

each moment...

"EACH MOMENT OF THE YEAR HAS ITS OWN BEAUTY."

~   RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Bonsergent Studio

yes....

"YES, TEARS CAN BE THOUGHTS, WHY NOT?"

~   LOUISE ERDRICH, The Round House 

Zarina Nares by Alexandra Nataf for H&M Beauty 

you may...

"YOU MAY TALK. AND I MAY LISTEN. AND MIRACLES MIGHT HAPPEN."

~   ERNEST HEMINGWAY, The Complete Short Stories

Ph. Jack Clark 

This year...

"THIS YEAR I ONLY WANT TO BE AROUND THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE ME, NOT THE PEOPLE THAT PRETEND THEY DO."

~   UNKNOWN (via WORDSNQUOTES)

“Black flowers”. Photographed by Jason Hetherington for Amica March 2015

be careful...

"BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU FIGHT THE MONSTERS, LEST YOU BECOME ONE."

~   FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE 

BILLYANDHELLS:

Sun

people are not...

"PEOPLE
ARE NOT
RAIN
OR
SNOW
OR AUTUMN
LEAVES;

THEY
DO NOT
LOOK
BEAUTIFUL
WHEN
THEY
FALL."

~   NAV K. 

Ph. Andrew Gough

I swallowed the entire ocean...

"I SWALLOWED THE ENTIRE OCEAN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COULD NEVER DROWN AGAIN."

~   DONTFORGETCOFFEE 

Hyoni Kang by Mok Jung Wook for W Korea Sept 2016

No one knows...

"NO ONE KNOWS FOR CERTAIN HOW MUCH IMPACT THEY HAVE ON THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE. 

OFTENTIMES, WE HAVE NO CLUE. YET WE PUSH IT JUST THE SAME."

~   JAY ASHER, Thirteen Reasons Why  

FRANZ GRÜNEWALD - Øjeblik - for C-Heads Magazine

Out of suffering...

"OUT OF SUFFERING HAVE EMERGED THE STRONGEST SOULS; 

THE MOST MASSIVE CHARACTERS ARE SEARED WITH SCARS."

~   KHALIL GIBRAN 

Erika Svensson

If you....

"IF YOU HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY BROKEN, 

BUT STILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE GENTLE TO OTHERS THEN YOU DESERVE A LOVE DEEPER THAN THE OCEAN ITSELF."

~   NIKITA GILL

Danielle Alprin

Who's the real you?...

"WHO’S THE REAL YOU? 

THE PERSON WHO DID SOMETHING AWFUL, OR THE ONE WHO’S HORRIFIED BY THE AWFUL THING YOU DID? 

IS ONE PART OF YOU ALLOWED TO FORGIVE THE OTHER?"

~   REBECCA STEAD, Goodbye Stranger

. Hirohito Okayasu 

you're...

"YOU’RE SO CALM AND QUIET, YOU NEVER SAY. 

BUT THERE ARE THINGS INSIDE YOU. I SEE THEM SOMETIMES, HIDING IN YOUR EYES."

~   TRACY CHEVALIER, Girl with a Pearl Earring

image unknown, source, anyone?