#aura

Do you know how hard it is to paint kindness?” She leaned her hip against a desk in the corner of the room, still watching me. “It’s the only part of a person I really want to capture. Everything else seems to get lost in layers of deception or defensiveness. But not kindness. You can’t hide it. And people either are or they aren’t. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#artist #dating #glass-girl #high-school #kindness

I don't need to see you to know that you're beautiful. ↗

— Jeri Smith-Ready

#shine #zach #beauty

There are some people that you just can't help but look at. Not necessarily because they're beautiful, just because you see them, and you know, you just know, that they're gonna be something special. You can just feel it when you're in their presence. ↗

— L

#philosphical #special #beauty

So," he asked. "How's death?" "Hard," she said. "It just keeps going. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#laura #shadow #death

Today I bought a small Frosty. This may not seem significant, but the fact is: I'm lactose intolerant. Purchasing a small Frosty, then, is no different than hiring someone to beat me. No different in essence. The only difference, which may or may not be essential, is that, during my torture, I am gazing upon your beautiful employees. ↗

— Joe Wenderoth

#letters #letters-to-wendy-s #wendy-s-restaurant #beauty

courage is not determined by how big your body, or how strong you are ... but by how big your heart ↗

— Andry avigne

#courage

Hearing my brother’s words coming out of Henry, this stranger in a strange town, made me feel wild with all the loss—wild and wired with no place to put those feelings. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#glass-girl #grief #henry-whitmire #laura-anderson-kurk #meg-kavanagh

More than every once in awhile, More than most dreams, More than just my heart, More than anything, More than you know, And more than I can say, I’ve loved you more Every passing day ↗

— Laura Miller

#laura-miller #love #will #dreams

I'll have to remember that for the future. When in a life-or-death battle, be sure to club unconscious everyone on your side as early on in the fight as possible," Laura said, laughing. ↗

— Mark Walden

#fight #laura #otto #unconscious #death

Is there one in particular, Tennyson?” Henry said, ducking out from under her arm. “I could arrange a meeting.” “Yeah, the one from Texas…what’s his name?” “That would be Dylan. But he’s a nice guy and you’d break his heart. He dropped out of Texas A&M to come up here and saddle bum around with my horses year-round. Knowing your dad, I think you’d better be looking for a pre-med honors student.” “Leave my dad out of this. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#glass-girl #henry-whitmire #laura-anderson-kurk #meg-kavanagh #teen-fiction