overhearing my 7 year old brother give my dad a 30-minute lesson on Pompeii and Julius Caesar and the Roman form of government.

"Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions."

— Susan Cain, Quiet 

(Source: accountedfor, via rabbits-foot)

Between now and September 1, I am cutting out sugar, breads, starches, and fatty food from my diet. Basically I want to go raw, but I need meat for nutritional reasons. My goal is to thoroughly cleanse my system and be really healthy.

I just got my hands on “The Bell Jar” and “Catcher in the Rye”. wow I am so excited. now that school is done I can start catching up on my reading. 

I got a lot of money for graduation. i mean i want to save it up for expenses but there are books to be read and my wardrobe needs refreshing and it feels good to buy nice things. 

Got home late tonight, my whole family was asleep and guess what, my key wouldn’t work. I knew everyone would be asleep and phones would be off. I got into the garage and was fully prepared to sleep on the floor with my dog. But I gave the key one last chance and it worked
Christy will not be homeless tonight.

Maybe it’s because of the way I get excessively philosophical at 1 am, but it just hit me that my life, my story is not existing alone; there are billions of other stories and they are all intertwined to form a bigger picture. I find this strangely comforting.

"Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high."

— William Goldman

(Source: larmoyante, via rabbits-foot)

I am graduated. I AM GRADUATED. and it feels gooood.

Happiness is realizing you don’t owe anyone anything, except kindness. You don’t have to fit into others’ expectations of who you are or what you’re going to do with your life. You are free.

I will love you when the sun explodes into golden confetti and the moon dissolves like mercury into the blue. I will love you when the birds no longer sing and the coldest winds blow. I will love you when the sea is drained and no harvest comes in. I will love you even if I knock on the door and no one answers. I will love you regardless of whether we dance in the moonlight or I am alone crying in the moonlight. I will love you even if I don’t know where you’re leading me. I will love you, no matter what.

"I’m so different and alone and strange"

— Me, a generic teen girl who is exactly like everyone else in the world 

(Source: allmymetaphors)

My mind is in a perpetual state of agony at not being able to put my thoughts into words or my words into thoughts.

My mom told me a touching story when she got back from grocery shopping. She said as she was leaving, a cart boy working at the store came up and gave her a bouquet of flowers and told her, as clearly as he could for he was autistic, that he got them for her. He had a big smile on his face, and was pleased that she received them from him.

People with mental impairments have a special place in my heart, for, though they are dull in some areas, often have hearts of gold and are more kind and caring then those who have regular functions of their brain. I often think that I should like to work with handicapped children when I have my nursing degree. It would be wonderful to work at an orphanage in a poor country that doesn’t have the understanding to care for handicapped kids.