One third of all criminals are nothing but failed adventurers.
When I was younger, I saw 20-somethings sitting at coffee shops and thought they must be so happy now that they’re older and have their lives together. Now I’m the 20-something and I see that life doesn’t slow down and fall into place just because you’re old enough. Being older just means that you have to make time to stop and enjoy that coffee.
(via maddierose)
Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.
Oscar Wilde (via thatkindofwoman)
Listen; if ever in my letters to you, or in my conversation, you see a candor that seems almost crude, — please know that it is because when I think of you I think of real things, & become honest, — and quibbling and circumvention seem very inconsiderable.
I don’t want to see my sausage get made, I just want to consume the delicious product and not think about the backstabbing and bitter recriminations that went into making it.
Monkeylint, commenting on NBC TV shows and the feuds behind them