the five people

"Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it.You're just passing it on to someone else."

-The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
-Painting: "Mother with Children," Gustav Klimt, 1910 (via)

the doctor

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i am the messenger

"Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are."

-I am the Messenger, Markus Zusak
-Photo: unknown (via)

the fault in our stars

"Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”

-The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
-Photo: Henri Roger Viollet, 1883 (via)

a testament of hope

 "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only lightness can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

-A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
-Photo: Ben Whishaw in Bright Star, 2009 (Dir. Jane Campion) (via)

the happy prince and other stories

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

-The Happy Prince and Other Stories, Oscar Wilde
-Photo: unknown (via this side of paradise)