Nostalgia in Reverse
“Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.”
― Vladimir Nabokov
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Tag: chances
Wanderer
“When no possessions keep us, when no countries contain us, and no time detains us, man becomes a heroic wanderer, and woman, a wanderess.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess
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If We’re Meant to Stay in One Place
“If we were meant to stay in one place, we would have roots instead of feet.”
― Rachel Wolchin
Image: Get Green – Blake Cheek
Vigor to the Mind
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.”
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” ~ Seneca
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You Really Didn’t See the Sadness
“You really didn’t see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn’t it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves
Image: Pedro Gabriel Miziara
Not Being Empty
“It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
Image: Nowhere – Daniel Jensen
Memories
“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
― Haruki Murakami
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You Never Got Used to It
“That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it’s reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
Image: Yury Orlov
Love and Affection
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
― Sharon Salzberg
Image: Rodolfo Sanches Carvalho
Natural and Spontaneous Changes
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Lao Tzu