cherries or oysters

"Most anthologists of quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters: first picking the best ones and winding up by eating everything."
~ Sebastien Chamfort, 1825

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.

—Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar. One of my favorite lines ever.  (via cateematthews)

lynleyclare:


“What we do for ourselves dies with us, what we do for others and the world remains and is immortal” -Albert Pine 

lynleyclare:

“What we do for ourselves dies with us, what we do for others and the world remains and is immortal” -Albert Pine