jaimierae22’s most recent Quotables

I almost can’t believe I’m going to make myself vulnerable to him again. But what is love but the most extreme and exquisite form of risk perception? I know that relationships don’t last. And yet, with him, the risk of not being with him is much worse than any other hurt I can imagine.

I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.”

Forever is composed of nows

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there, leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

I am still so naïve; I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don’t ask me who I am. A passionate, fragmentary girl, maybe?

“Why is it that people usually find true direction in life at a time that seems the most confusing? My opinion is that when all roads seem to be blocked, there is only one way, and that is THROUGH!”

"When someone really stands for something, they really stand out."

In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few that will catch your heart. Pursue them.

It's a curious thought, but it's only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

A strong woman takes risks, takes compliments and tries not to take herself too seriously.

Everyone says that love hurts, but that's not true. Loneliness hurts, rejection hurts, losing someone hurts. Everyone confuses these things with love; but in reality, love is the only thing that covers up all the pain and makes us feel wonderful again.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies.

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.