Alyanna Villanueva

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898 quotes curated by Alyanna Villanueva:

“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can’t tell fast enough, the ears that aren’t big enough, the eyes that can’t take in all of the change, I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone.”
— Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
Tagged: Relationships
“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side if I am to be whole.”
— C. G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Tagged: Identity
“But being a little angry with yourself is all right. That’s how shit gets accomplished.”
— Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie
Tagged: Productivity
“If love can blind you, who’s to say that other emotions can’t?”
— Ted Dekker, Skin
Tagged: emotions
“That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it’s reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.”
— Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
Tagged: Moving On
“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”
— J. K. Rowling, J.K. Rowling
Tagged: Reading, Best Reading Quotes
“I will only let you touch me, if your hands are so full of intention, that every brush of your palms feels like you’re writing a novel on my skin.”
— Azra T., Braille
Tagged: romance
“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
Tagged: Principles
“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”
— José N. Harris, Mi Vida
Tagged: humanity, Love
“The way I see it, hard times aren’t only about money, or drought, or dust. Hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.”
— Karen Hesse, Out Of The Dust
Tagged: struggles