The wind blows, will you blow with it?

"This is a commonplace book that contains quotes, passages, pictures and music from a variety of sources that I find appealing, sensational and inspiring."

The Wonders of Life by Jacques Prévert

In the teeth of a trap
The paw of a white fox
And on the snow, blood
The blood of the white fox
And in the snow, tracks
The tracks of the white fox
Who escaped on three legs
As the sun was setting
A rabbit between his teeth
Still alive

This is a window. Have a look for yourself.

you will waste time more than you ever know. Seemingly unaware that soon enough you will run out of it.

I have removed all reflecting object from the room. I cannot bear to look into my own eyes again. Sudden glances seem to follow me wherever I go, forcing me to keep my head down. Truth is undeniable: I have brought shame upon myself.

Tiredness comes with blink of an eye. It hits you to sleep with a whirling motion. It reminds you that you are flesh and blood, bound to be defeated.

Misguided conclusions will only exist when the so thought outer looks are perfectly in sight. No one should be restricted to what lies on the outside. You are defined in your own making, whatever that sight might represent. and remember, change is constant.

Misguided conclusions will only exist when the so thought outer looks are perfectly in sight. No one should be restricted to what lies on the outside. You are defined in your own making, whatever that sight might represent. and remember, change is constant.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.

—Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

(Source: itsfromabook)

The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.

—Holly Black, White Cat

(Source: itsfromabook)

Practice the precept: find without seeking.

—Robert Bresson

It is far from simple to show the truth, yet the truth is simple.

—Dziga Vertov

Well: don’t think about it, and walk all over London; and see people and imagine their lives.

—Virginia Woolf, “London: A Guide To Bloomsbury And Beyond”

(Source: violentwavesofemotion, via lifeinpoetry)

That is the saddest part when you lose someone you love—that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, is this the same person I lost?

—Amy Tan, “The Kitchen God’s Wife”

(Source: hellanne, via lifeinpoetry)

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

—Maya Angelou