Alyanna Villanueva

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898 quotes curated by Alyanna Villanueva:

“Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn’t change them, since I believed them at the time.”
— Jorge Amado, Tieta, the Goat Girl: Or the Return of the Prodigal Daughter: Melodramatic Seri
Tagged: Principles, Beliefs
“Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”
— African Proverb, Untitled
Tagged: perseverance
“I think people spend too much time staring into screens and not enough time drinking wine, tongue kissing, and dancing under the moon.”
— Rachel Wolchin, Untitled
Tagged: Enjoyment, Life
“I will gaze at the moon and cleanse my heart.”
— Zeami Motokiyo, Obasute
Tagged: Self & Identity
“If someone wanted to be with you, after all, they just made it happen.”
— Jojo Moyes, The One Plus One
Tagged: romance
“Whenever you’re feeling lonely or sad, try going to the loft on a beautiful day and looking outside. Not at the houses and the rooftops, but at the sky. As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you’ll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more.”
— Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
Tagged: Happiness, Contentment
“The future is a concept, it doesn’t exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow. There never will be, because time is always now. That’s one of the things we discover when we stop talking to ourselves and stop thinking. We find there is only present, only an eternal now.”
— Alan Watts, The Essence Of Alan Watts
Tagged: Philosophy, Time
“Life was like a prism; what you saw depended on how you turned the glass.”
— Jonathan Kellerman, A Cold Heart: An Alex Delaware Novel
Tagged: Life, Perspective
“I love you, that means I’m not just here for the pretty parts. I’m here no matter what.”
— Claudia Gray, Hourglass
Tagged: Love, Relationships
“A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.”
— Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Tagged: Love, Heartache