"The stuffed rabbit asked, “What is real?” And the horse said, “Real isn’t how you’re made. It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long long time not just to play with, but really loves then you become real……” And the rabbit asked, ‘Does it hurt?’ And the horse said, ’Sometimes.’ ‘Does it happen all at once like being wound up, or bit by bit?’……’It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen to people who break easily… …Generally by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints. But these things don’t matter at all because you are real and you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand."
- The Velveteen Rabbit, Beginners (via -arbitrage)
Ponderous
"Most importantly, if you can at all avoid it, don’t be normal. Strive, burn and do everything you can to avoid being the industry standard. Even the highest industry standard. Be greater than anything anyone else has ever dreamed of you. Don’t settle for pats on the back, salary increases, a nod-and-a-smile. Instead, rage against the tepidness of the mundane with every fiber of whatever makes you, you. Change this place."
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(Source: iwrotethisforyou.me)
"If you don’t feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn’t very vital."
- John Irving (via wrists)
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Sometimes I think I know what’s best for me and I’m right, but that doesn’t always mean that it’s easy or pain free.
And sometimes things that hurt are what you need the most. And I have to remember that I am strong enough to make it through anything and I can do it all on my own, but I don’t…
