"I don’t exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it."
"On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do."
"Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive."
"But I do adore you — every part of you from heel to hair. Never will you shake me off, try as you may."
"But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road—there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt."
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via mirroir)
"You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit."
"It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any."