#experiences

That night as they slept in each other's arms neither Alistair nor Sophia had any nightmares. ↗

— Cristiane Serruya

#love #romance #shared-experiences #experience

It was only high school after all, definitely one of the most bizarre periods in a person’s life. How anyone can come through that time well adjusted on any level is an absolute miracle. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#bullies #experiences #growing-up #high-school #high-school-kids

Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ... ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#experiences #fun #inspirational #life #life-lessons

Let's not grow with our roots in the ground. ↗

— Criss Jami

#divine #experiences #flying #freedom #grow

Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#experiences #religion #experience

Before she realized he was next to her, he had placed his hands over hers on the countertop, then hooped his fingers through hers. Gretel looked up at him, so startled she might as well have been shot. 'I just wanted to wake you up', he said. Which is exactly what he did. One look at him and her heart was racing. One look, and whatever had been before was all over. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#first-love #waking-up #experience

Perfection is only chance. ↗

— Tibor Fischer

#truth #experience

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them. ↗

— John Ashbery

#experiences #i #i write #mind #out

All the writers and producers around us that gave us the environment where we could play. They were able to provide us with a place where we could take chances to play with things, go against the grain and do things that people don't always do. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#away #been #career #character #days

It's often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, "Stay there. Don't move. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#traumatic-experiences #experience