This Photograph Was Taken During The First Intifada (1987-1993), It Shows A Palestinian Boy Shot In The

"We demand closure as though our lives were put together as neatly as novels, but the fact of the matter is they're not. In real life, relationships are messy and poorly written, ending too early or too late, and sometimes in the middle of a sentence."

—Beau Taplin, Neatly As Novels

“I’m not much, but I’m all I have.”

— Philip K. Dick 

“Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.”

— Cheryl Strayed 

1. V.E. Schwab // 2. Unknown // 3. Rudolph Vitkauskas // 4. Charles Bukowski // 5. Margaret Atwood

“How wonderful it is, to be silent with someone.”

— Kurt Tucholsky

“Give yourself permission to cut negative people from your life, and surround yourself with people who bring out the best in you.”

— James Altucher 

“I’ve never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.”

— Joanne Harris

Palestinian woman picking grapes

Akka (Acre), Palestine. Pre 1948.