laurenreilly’s most recent Quotables

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

We are all stupid, just on different subjects

An important sign of maturity is becoming secure with your insecurities.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

Silence is a source of great strength.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.

No distance can keep anxious lovers long asunder.

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

It's the loneliest feeling in the world - to find yourself standing up when everyone else is sitting down. To have everybody look at you and say "what's the matter with her?" I know what it feels like. Walking down an empty street, listening to the sound of your own footsteps. Shutters closed, blinds drawn, doors locked against you. And you aren't sure whether you're walking toward something, or if you're just walking away.

I've been laying here all night, listening to the rain. Talking to my heart and trying to explain. Why sometimes I catch myself wondering what might have been. Yes I do think about you, every now and then.

Is anyone even listening to me? Is everyone just on Twitter?

I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention.

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.