Cynthia Hand
So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.Collection: Thinking
There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.Collection: Heart
So I'm in love. That crazy, forget to eat, float around in a daze, talk on the phone all night and bounce out of bed every morning hoping to see him kind of love.Collection: Morning
Writers have superpowers.Collection: Superpower
Our purpose on this earth is not one single event, an accomplishment we can check off a list. There is no test. No passing or failing. There's only us, each moment shaping who we are, into what we will become.Collection: Accomplishment
We think of happiness as something we can take. But usually it comes from being content with what we have, and accepting ourselves.Collection: Thinking
I think the birds in the area are dying laughing watching me try not to crash.Collection: Thinking
Haven't you guessed by now? I say, my heart hammering. My home is you.Collection: Love
Time passes. That's the rule. No matter what happens, no matter how much it might feel like everything in your life has been frozen around one particular moment, time marches on.Collection: Frozen
I’ve learned that a storm isn’t always just bad weather, and a fire can be the start of something. I’ve found out that there are a lot more shades of gray in this world than I ever knew about. I’ve learned that sometimes, when you´re afraid but you keep on moving forward, that’s the biggest kind of courage there is. And finally, I’ve learned that life isn’t really about failure and success. It’s about being present, in the moment when big things happen, when everything changes, including myself.Collection: Moving Forward
I feel like Cinderella sitting in the middle of the road with a pumpkin and a couple of mice, while Prince Charming charges off to rescue some other chick.Collection: Couple
Have you ever been to a place you're supposed to love, but all you can think about is home?Collection: Home
Clara," he says, my name sounding different somehow when it passes through his lips. "I'll miss you.Collection: Names
I mean, what good is a women's lib if we can't use it to ask guys to dances?Collection: Mean
So with my luck, I'll never make it in time to save the boy in the forest because my hair will have snagged on a tree branch a mile back.Collection: Boys
The look that passes between Jeffrey and Kimber right then feels like it requires a swell of cheesy music in the background. Aw, I think. Baby brother's in love. I also find this kind of gross.Collection: Baby
I’ll never forget the way he tastes. It’s not anything I can describe, a little sweet and a whole lot of spice, and it feels, in that moment, absolutely right.Collection: Romance