{via} “Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself… You say what you want to say when you don’t care who’s listening.” — Allen Ginsburg.

{via} “I am interested in people who swim in the deep end. I want to have conversations about real things with people who have experienced real things. I’m tired of talking about movies and gossiping about friends.” — Amy Poehler.

{image via} “The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.” — Bill Murray.

“I tell my kids…think of yourself like a captain, and you’ve got this little boat. And sometimes the weather’s good, and you’re just sailing, and sometimes big storms hit, and you know, you’re in a stormy sea, but just ride it out, ride it out. Because it’s good to be alive.” — Patti Smith.

{image via} “If I could live my life again..I wouldn’t try to be so perfect. I’d be more relaxed… I’d take fewer things seriously, I’d be less hygienic, I’d take more risks, I’d take more trips, I’d watch more sunsets… I’d eat more ice creams and less lima beans, I’d have more real problems and … More Slices of Wisdom / Jorge Luis Borges

{image via} “Nobody can save you but yourself. You will be put again and again into nearly impossible situations. They will attempt again and again…to make you submit, quit and/or die quietly inside…and it will be easy enough to fail…but don’t, don’t, don’t. Just watch them. Listen to them. Do you want to be like … More Slices of Wisdom / Charles Bukowski

“Anyway, I don’t like pretty. Most of the world doesn’t agree. But I don’t care.” — Iris Apfel, from the documentary Iris (2014).

“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of other people who aren’t even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better … More Slices of Wisdom / Anne Lamott

{image via} “It’s a human need to be told stories. The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.” — Alan Rickman.

The other day I was walking around the neighborhood with one of my dearest friends (you’ll hear about her a lot because she is one of the rarest and one of the best and I love her so much), telling her about how I’m feeling about my upcoming birthday. Before you think, geez, all this girl … More Revisiting Rilke: growing up and freaking out.