February 2012
“Unrequited love may be painful, but it is safely painful, because it does not...”
– On Love, Alain de Botton
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“The language of love letters is the same as suicide notes.”
– Courtney Love (via comablood)
“I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it.”
– J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
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“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who...”
– Amy Poehler
Nurse Reveals Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions,...
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“People disappear when they die. Their voice, their laughter, the warmth of their...”
– Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale (via insulus)
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“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 