Alyanna Villanueva

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898 quotes curated by Alyanna Villanueva:

“I keep trying to force myself to speak of the things that remain mute inside.”
— Anne Sexton, Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
Tagged: Determination, Courage
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
— Joan Didion, Why I Write
Tagged: Writing, Passion
“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.”
— Isadora Duncan, Isadora Speaks: Uncollected Writings and Speeches of Isadora Duncan
Tagged: Self-potential
“If it were sufficient to love, things would be too easy. The more one loves, the stronger the absurd grows.”
— Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays
Tagged: Love
“The day exhausts me, irritates me. It is brutal, noisy. I struggle to get out of bed, I dress wearily and, against my inclination, I go out. I find each step, each movement, each gesture, each word, each thought as tiring as if I were lifting a crushing weight.”
— Guy de Maupassant, Paris Tales
Tagged: Life, Will Power, Depression, Sad
“Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that’s the way it’s supposed to be.”
— Judy Blume, Tiger Eyes
Tagged: Change, Self-improvement
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Tagged: strength, Self-Control
“I did not always think he was right nor did he always think I was right but we were each the person the other trusted.”
— Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
Tagged: Love, Trust
“For a tough kid I had a bad habit of getting attached to people.”
— S.E. Hinton, Rumble Fish
Tagged: Friendship, Relationships
“I was so tired of being alone, but I was always alone, even with people around me. And I was so tired of being surrounded, but I was always surrounded, even when I was by myself.”
— Maggie Stiefvater, Sinner
Tagged: Loneliness