Wallflowers

“I knew you were too fine for me.” „No,” she protested. „I’m not a highborn lady, I’m a commoner.” „There’s nothing common about you.” Ethan began to play with her hair, sifting his fingers through it, lifting a lock to brush the ends against his lips and cheeks. „Do you want to know why I gave you violets? They’re beautiful and small, but tough enough to grow in the cracks of city pavement. More than once, I’ve been in some dark place and seen them clustered near a broken stoop, or at the base of a brick wall, bright as jewels. Even without sunlight or good soil, they show up to do a flower’s job.” Lisa Kleypas, ”Hello Stranger”

“Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.” Rainer Maria Rilke

”Doi oameni sunt prieteni chiar dacă, la un moment dat, unul are chef să se culce, iar celălalt să meargă la cinematograf. Nimic nu-l poate reține pe nici unul dintre ei să facă ce vrea şi cum vrea, când vrea. Între prieteni, nu există relații care-l obligă pe unul la o anumită atitudine, în anumite momente. Relațiile sunt naturale şi simple, şi numai astfel se poate înțelege prietenia.” Jeni Acterian

“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away… and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast…. be happy about your growth, in which of course you can’t take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don’t torment them with your doubts and don’t frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn’t be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn’t necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness […]

“When you get caught up on other peoples’ problems, solve them with caution so you don’t suffer the excessive burdens of regrets.” Darmie Orem