charmybird’s most recent Quotables

Genuine love not only respects the individuality of the other but actually seeks to cultivate it, even at the risk of separation or loss.

Nobody has enough energy to throw into a black hole.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Don't do something permanently stupid just because you're temporarily upset.

Everyone wants happiness, but no one wants pain. Guess what? You can't have a rainbow without rain.

Sometimes a step forward means knowing when to back out.

When you're the first and you fail, chances are you're the last.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

Only when the floor drops under your feet do you realize you have the ability to fly.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.

Sometimes silence seems to connect us in a way that words never could.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

You get what you settle for.

Feeling good about intermediate goals encourages you to keep going, and eventually succeed at the larger one.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

Life is only difficult when you fight it.

Perfection is like the speed of light. You go the distance, you put in the time. You may even come close, but it's never attainable.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.