things i know but don't yet understand #6

I've been trying to figure out why I seem to fall in love at the drop of a hat, and why people drop so many hats near me. 

Thom Tuck

things i know but don't yet understand #5

Better a broken heart than no heart at all. 

(From the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special)

(So you know how sometimes the simplest words formed into the simplest sentences to communicate the simplest thoughts somehow reach out and knock at your rib cage and you kind of have to catch your breath for a moment because it's spectacular how honestly truths can be told?

This is one such example. From Doctor Who. (Again.) And I don't care how unintellectual it may be to quote a sci-fi show, because somehow Doctor Who manages to bowl me over time after time with things like this, the quiet wonderful sentences that somehow squeeze their way into my consciousness and lodge themselves in the folds of my brain, only to be recovered months later, when they make me choke up with remembrance.)

things i know but don't yet understand #4

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you. 

Lillian Hellman 

(I know I should be braver and face disappointments with a head held high 

and never ever give up but keep pushing until I succeed. 

But what if I'm not built that way, what if I'm not built to endure? 

How does one become brave after eighteen years of day-to-day cowardice?) 

things i know but don't yet understand #3

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Siddhartha Gautama

(So here's how it went: I was supposed to write a post on how bored I am with inspirational quotes and how empty and insipid they feel right now. And then I stumbled across this and the words hit me right in the guts and 

the tears dripped off my chin before I even realised I was crying. 

Maybe I'll save the intended post for later.)

things i know but don't yet understand #2

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good. 

John Steinbeck

(found here)

things i know but don't yet understand

One day I'll look failure in the eye and say, I'm not afraid of you anymore. 

Because there are far worse things one can do than fail, and one day I really will understand this.