to distract our hearts

"Sometimes I’m so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help..."

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:00:40 +0100

“Sometimes I’m so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.”

- “The Diary of a Young Girl”, by Anne Frank

"I’ve reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on..."

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:23:09 +0100

“I’ve reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can’t do anything to change events anyway. I’ll just let matters take their course and concentrate on studying and hope that everything will be all right in the end.”

- “The Diary of a Young Girl”, by Anne Frank

"Hun følte at det som var inne i henne ikke bare var mørke, det var som svart farve, som tjære som..."

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:00:49 +0100

“Hun følte at det som var inne i henne ikke bare var mørke, det var som svart farve, som tjære som klebet seg til alt hun så, alle tanker hun hadde. Hun hang fast i denne sorte, ubønnhørlige substansen i sjelen. For det var ikke bare mørke, det var et stoff, et svart giftstoff som drepte henne.”

- “Drømmen og hjulet”, av Jens Bjørneboe

"Den vinteren lærte hun at kjærlighet er en følelse som ligner mer på hat enn på vennskap."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:36:00 +0100

“Den vinteren lærte hun at kjærlighet er en følelse som ligner mer på hat enn på vennskap.”

- “Drømmen og hjulet”, av Jens Bjørneboe

"Sometimes, I get so consumed by depression that it is hard to believe that the whole world..."

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:00:48 +0100

“Sometimes, I get so consumed by depression that it is hard to believe that the whole world doesn’t stop and suffer with me.”

- “Prozac Nation” by Elizabeth Wurtzel

"I barely knew him, and heaven knows this was no way to get a guy interested. You were supposed to be..."

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:01:09 +0100

“I barely knew him, and heaven knows this was no way to get a guy interested. You were supposed to be peppy and bright for boys, no matter how bad you felt inside. At least that’s what Mother always told me. “Don’t let him see how crazy you are”, she’d say. “No one wants anyone who’s down like you.””

- “Prozac Nation” by Elizabeth Wurtzel

"My mind just goes off doing its own thing, never consulting me at all about whether it’s all..."

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:01:11 +0100

“My mind just goes off doing its own thing, never consulting me at all about whether it’s all right to feel this way or that. I am constantly standing several feet away from myself, watching as I do or say or feel something that I don’t want or don’t like at all, and still I can’t stop it.”

- “Prozac Nation” by Elizabeth Wurtzel

"Homesickness is just a state of mind for me. I’m always missing someone or someplace or..."

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:01:33 +0100

“Homesickness is just a state of mind for me. I’m always missing someone or someplace or something, I’m always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. My life has been one long longing.”

- “Prozac Nation” by Elizabeth Wurtzel

"But who really cares? Some people are born to single mothers and turn out just fine. I don’t..."

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:16:00 +0100

“But who really cares? Some people are born to single mothers and turn out just fine. I don’t think it matters how many parents you’ve got, so long as the ones who are around make their presence felt in a positive way.”

- “Prozac Nation” by Elizabeth Wurtzel

"I wish you would tell me your secret. To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except..."

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:01:09 +0100

“I wish you would tell me your secret. To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”

- “The picture of Dorian Grey” by Oscar Wilde

"I am too much concentrated on myself. My own personality has become a burden to me. I want to..."

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:01:02 +0100

“I am too much concentrated on myself. My own personality has become a burden to me. I want to escape, to go away, to forget. It was silly of me to come down here at all.”

- “The picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde

"Ah! Realize your youth while you have it. Don’t squander the gold of your days, listening to..."

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:23:35 +0100

“Ah! Realize your youth while you have it. Don’t squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age! Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you.”

- “The picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde

"Cats are like witches. They don’t fight to kill, but to win. There is a difference...."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:01:40 +0100

“Cats are like witches. They don’t fight to kill, but to win. There is a difference. There’s no point in killing an opponent. That way, they won’t know they’ve lost, and to be a real winner you have to have an opponent who is beaten and knows it. There’s no triumph over a corpse, but a beaten opponent, who will remain beaten every day of the remainder of their sad and wretched life, is something to treasure.”

- “Witches Abroad”, A Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett

"The invisible people knew that happiness is not the natural state of mankind, and is never achieved..."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:01:24 +0100

“The invisible people knew that happiness is not the natural state of mankind, and is never achieved from the outside in.”

- “Witches Abroad”, A Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett

"Magrat plunged on with the brave desperation of someone dancing in the light of their burning..."

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:59:19 +0100

“Magrat plunged on with the brave desperation of someone dancing in the light of their burning bridges.”

- “Witches Abroad”, A Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett

"The whole of life is just like watching a click, he thought. Only it’s as though you always..."

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:40:00 +0200

“The whole of life is just like watching a click, he thought. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it all out for yourself from the clues.
And you never, never get a chance to stay in your seat for the second house.”

- “Moving Pictures” - A Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett

"‘Old boots?’ said the mouse. ‘That’sh what’s always happened to me..."

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:24:00 +0200

“‘Old boots?’ said the mouse.
‘That’sh what’s always happened to me when I’ve been in love,’ said cat wistfully.
‘It’s different for humans,’ said Gaspode uncertainly.
‘You don’t get so many boots or buckets of water thrown at you. It’s more, er, flowers and arguing and stuff.’
The animals looked glumly at one another.
‘I’ve watched ‘em,’ said Squeak. ‘She thinks he’s an idiot.’
‘That’s all part of it,’ added Gaspode. ‘They call it romance.’
Cat shrugged. ‘Give me a boot every time. You know where you stand, with a boot.’”

- “Moving Pictures” - A Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett

"I am so scared you’ll get bored with me, and then you’ll go.. and I’ll end up like..."

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:58:07 +0200

“I am so scared you’ll get bored with me, and then you’ll go.. and I’ll end up like Leila.. a shadow. Because I love you, Christian, and if you leave me, it will be like a world without light. I’ll be in darkness. I don’t want to run. I’m just so frightened you’ll leave me.”

- “Fifty Shades Darker” by E. L. James

"Standing before him, I am naked and unashamed, and I know it’s because he loves me. I no..."

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:19:26 +0200

“Standing before him, I am naked and unashamed, and I know it’s because he loves me. I no longer have to hide.”

- “Fifty Shades Darker” by E. L. James

"The memory of his look when I came in this evening, the longing in his face, his determined stride..."

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:52:00 +0200

“The memory of his look when I came in this evening, the longing in his face, his determined stride towards me like I was an oasis in the desert. I’d do almost anything to see that look again.”

- “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E. L. James