bushofireee's blog post - Quotes and things.

Just a self indulgent blog, a few things I've recently found whilst browsing the depths of the interwebs




"There is no better time than the autumn to begin forgetting the things that trouble us, allowing them to fall away like dried leaves."
- Paulo Coelho, Adultery



“The people who are meant to be in your life will always gravitate back towards you, no matter how far they wander.”




The Fisherman and the Siren (Detail)
Frederic Lord Leighton

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."
- Stephen Hawking

"The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised."
- Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking



"Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode…The stars died so that you could be here today."
- Lawrence M. Krauss

"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."
- Oscar Wilde





Paracosm (noun)
Paracosm is an extremely rare word defining the imaginary world constructed in one’s mind, specifically by children. It is an infinite fantasy, anything can exist from animals to aliens and entities foreign to outsiders. Anything is possible in this fantasy milieu, one has their own language, experience, geography and history. Parcosm is usually developed as a result of high creativity, problem-solving, and others theorize: high intelligence.

"The conversation of kisses. Subtle, engrossing, fearless, transforming."
- Alice Munro, Runaway



"When a woman submits to a man, it’s the most precious gift she can give. Herself. Unreservedly. The man has to respect and honor that gift above all else. Even if he respects nothing else in the world, he must respect the woman in his care. It’s his sworn duty to protect, honor and cherish his submissive. To take care of her and provide a safe haven. Someone who would put his own needs above his woman’s is no man."
- Maya Banks





"She tastes like every dark thought I’ve ever had."
- Holly Black, White Cat



...and that is all for tonight.. Lots of *sighs*!