“ Catholicism is what it is. You don’t have to believe it. You don’t have to follow it. But it’s not up to them to modernize to you. It’s not up to any religion, although some do this, ‘cause they want the money. They want the membership. But the Catholic Church doesn’t do it. It’s not up to them to bend and shape and mold itself to accommodate the shrinking depravity of a worldwide culture. It’s to provide the exact opposite. It’s to provide a beacon out of depravity, among other things. ”
“ Got a heart like Indiana
laugh like Louisiana
take me down to Alabama
show me some of that laid back vibe
kissing while we’re fishing in the moonlight…
Shine like California
high like an Arizona noontime, baby when you’re all mine
Anywhere, any place I go
You feel like home to me ”
Sarah Darling
(Source: youtube.com)
“ Folks, I’m not gonna sugar coat it. I can’t, it’s Lent. ”
Stephen Colbert (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
“Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
… They teach you in this way to be an officer and a gentleman.
”
“ This is the first day of the rest of your life.
Because even in the dark you can still see the light.
It’s gonna be alright. ”
Matt Maher, “Hold Us Together” (via onesmallinstrument)
“ Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve. ”
Carol Shields (via fleurishes)
“ I feel sorry for short people, you know. When it rains, they’re the last to know. ”
Rodney Dangerfield (via the-random-quotes)
“ In a longish life as a professional writer, I have heard a thousand masterpieces talked out over bars, restaurant tables and love seats. I have never seen one of them in print. Books must be written, not talked. ”
Morris L. West
“ I don’t think I’ve ever heard the phrase ‘that’s too flower-specific’ before. I can just tell that today is going to be a good day! ”
My English professor, junior year
“ You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that other person to someone else, a living breathing screaming invitation to believe better things. ”
Jamie Tworkowski (via loveyourchaos)
(Source: nowherefinerthancarolina)
